Synonyms of masterpieces

masterpieces

noun

plural of masterpiece

as in classics

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• classics
• masterworks
• successes
• gems
• showpieces
• jewels
• magnum opuses
• prizes
• treasures
• masterstrokes
• chefs d'oeuvre
• winners
• blockbusters
• tours de force
• megahits
• pièces de résistance
• smashes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bombs
• disasters
• failures
• losers
• catastrophes
• duds
• turkeys
• flops
• washouts
• clunkers
• debacles
• fiascoes
• fizzles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of masterpieces

Jeon Do-yeon, who won the Cannes best actress prize for Lee’s Secret Sunshine in 2007, stars opposite Sul Kyung-gu, the lead of the director’s early masterpieces Peppermint Candy and Oasis. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

Completed just a few decades after the Vatican Observatory, in 1616, Istanbul’s Sultan Ahmed Mosque is one the world’s greatest sacred masterpieces. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

Scorsese has been making cinematic masterpieces for many decades now – Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas, Casino, The Departed, The Wolf of Wall Street, to name only a few. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026

Smudge, yank, squash and draw on photos to create one-of-a-kind masterpieces meant to be shared. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

The next day, thieves in Sicily managed to nab four more masterpieces. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026

The work, considered one of the masterpieces of the Sicilian Renaissance, was the only by the painter to have never left his home city of Messina. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 17 Aug. 2026

And though some of these accessible murals, primarily located in South and West Side neighborhoods, continue to be periodically restored, other street masterpieces are endangered due to funding pressures, neglect and potential redevelopment. — Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

Sotheby’s has secured the collection of the late Argentine collectors Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier and Carlos Pedro Blaquier, a group of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces said to be worth around $450 million, according Artnet News. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 12 Aug. 2026