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Synonyms & Antonyms of masters
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- a master at chess
Synonyms for masters
- aces,
- adepts,
- artists,
- authorities,
- cognoscenti,
- connoisseurs,
- crackerjacks
- (also crackajacks),
- dab hands
- [chiefly British],
- dabs
- [chiefly British],
- experts,
- fiends,
- geeks,
- gurus,
- hands,
- hotshots,
- maestros
- (or maestri),
- mavens
- (also mavins),
- meisters,
- past masters,
- proficients,
- scholars,
- sharks,
- sharps,
- virtuosos
- (or virtuosi),
- whizzes,
- wizards
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- little did the tennis pro know that his new student would someday become his master
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- I'm the master of this operation, and you'll do what I say
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- leadmen,
- managers,
- overseers,
- principals,
- skippers,
- standard-bearers,
- stewards,
- straw bosses,
- superintendents,
- superiors,
- supervisors
- dominators,
- lords,
- overlords,
- potentates,
- rulers,
- sovereigns
- (also sovrans)
- coheads
- (or co-heads),
- coleaders
- (or co-leaders)
- subchiefs
- (or sub-chiefs),
- subdirectors
- (or sub-directors)
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masters
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of masters (Entry 2 of 2)
- finally mastered her longtime opponent at chess
Synonyms for masters
- beats,
- bests,
- conquers,
- defeats,
- dispatches,
- does down
- [British],
- gets,
- gets around,
- licks,
- overbears,
- overcomes,
- overmatches,
- prevails (over),
- skunks,
- stops,
- subdues,
- surmounts,
- takes,
- trims,
- triumphs (over),
- upends,
- wins (against),
- worsts
Words Related to masters
- edges (out),
- noses out,
- pips
- [British]
- annihilates,
- blows away,
- blows out,
- bombs,
- breaks,
- buries,
- clobbers,
- creams,
- crushes,
- drubs,
- finishes,
- flattens,
- overwhelms,
- routs,
- shellacs,
- skins,
- slaughters,
- smokes
- [slang],
- snows under,
- thrashes,
- trounces,
- upsets,
- wallops,
- waxes
- [slang],
- whips
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- I think I've mastered algebra at last
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“Masters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masters. Accessed 9 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of masters was in 1971
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