MASTERPIECES Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of masterpieces After the Second World War, Seghers produced only three more full-length novels, none matching her earlier masterpieces. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Over years of collaboration and conversations, the owners’ tastes evolved, shifting from classical works to significant postwar and contemporary masterpieces. — Michael James Gardner, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026 Mitsotakis’s right-wing administration has been pushing to reunify the masterpieces within view of the Acropolis. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Both of those earlier films, of course, are now repertory staples that virtually everyone who cares about such things considers masterpieces. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026 There are a handful of masterpieces in the book, though the novella is too uneven to qualify. — Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 Decades later, many of these masterpieces reside in prominent museums around the world, making the push for their recovery more complex than a simple property dispute. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 These are two life-size oil-on-panel masterpieces created by Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1530. — CBS News, 19 Sep. 2026 From Renaissance masterpieces, to innovative impressionism, the continent’s exhibitions have so much to offer this autumn. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 18 Sep. 2026

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Back in the main hotel building, Il Faro Trattoria has sweeping sea views from its terrace and serves Italian classics including pizza and pasta.

— Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 12 Oct. 2026
The Alhambra Orchestra and Greater Miami Youth Symphony team up for a multimedia Halloween concert filled with movie themes and eerie classics.

— Mike Hamersly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

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At least some of the time, Hawthorne really was warming the little speckled eggs from which his masterworks would hatch.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Last year the Metropolitan Museum of Art began talking with a longtime philanthropist and art collector about her three African masterworks, each hundreds of years old.

— Colin Moynihan, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2026

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