as in classic
something (as a work of art) that is a great achievement and often its creator's greatest achievement
Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel are often considered to be his masterpieces
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Kyle Freeland was a 22-year-old rookie pitching in Grand Junction when Clayton Kershaw painted his masterpiece against the Rockies.
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 25 June 2025
The book, first published in 1978 then revised in 1990, is a bar-setting literary masterpiece that has influenced pop culture, from television shows such as Lost to musical acts such as Metallica to various forms of post-apocalyptic literature.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
His Game 5 masterpiece earned him a spot next to Jerry West, George Mikan, Rick Barry, Magic Johnson, and Dwyane Wade.
—Shane Young, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland reunite for a tonally, visually, and dramatically incoherent follow-up to their early-aughts horror masterpiece.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 25 June 2025
The book, first published in 1978 then revised in 1990, is a bar-setting literary masterpiece that has influenced pop culture, from television shows such as Lost to musical acts such as Metallica to various forms of post-apocalyptic literature.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
His Game 5 masterpiece earned him a spot next to Jerry West, George Mikan, Rick Barry, Magic Johnson, and Dwyane Wade.
—Shane Young, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland reunite for a tonally, visually, and dramatically incoherent follow-up to their early-aughts horror masterpiece.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masterpiece
Noun
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The set, which was once a cult classic, but now should be regarded simply as a hugely successful release, also breaks into the top 10 on the Billboard 200.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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Hadid’s twist on the classic includes a crashing wave design across the footbed, paired with a minimalist beige strap.—
Izzy Baskette,
People.com,
21 June 2025
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The film’s dramatic framework, for all its solidity, incarnates, in its ellipses and asymmetries, the shifting contemporary identities of revered civic masterworks.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
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The game, written by Larry Fessenden and Graham Reznick, is a masterwork in modern survival horror.—
Richard Newby,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Masterpiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masterpiece. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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