MASTERSTROKE Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

masterstroke

noun

Definition of masterstroke

as in showpiece

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Recent Examples of masterstroke The move became a masterstroke. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 May 2026 The Austrian Southern Railway Company managers’ masterstroke was to promote Opatija as a spa town no less salubrious—and no less glamorous—than Nice, the prime destination for convalescents in the age of tuberculosis. — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026 Despite a strong portfolio of whimsical, child-like work, Paper Trail may well be Hertzfeldt’s masterstroke. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 May 2026 Kaser’s masterstroke is in compounding these questions of agency with his deft writing style—there are motifs of holes, bottles, and explosions. — Alastair Shuttleworth, Pitchfork, 2 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for masterstroke

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Noun

For those weary of the overt commercialism surrounding those glitzy showpieces, the GAA provides a refreshing antidote.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Showing what’s possible The journey from local fields to soccer’s showpiece demands years of sacrifice.

— Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

Definition of showpiece

Noun

Born in 1906, Visconti was older than either collaborator, and his high-toned, overripe style, expressed in his masterpieces Senso (1954) and The Leopard (1963), arguably renders him an even more remote figure.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
In the 2014 sci-fi film Ex Machina, Oscar Isaac played a reclusive AI-tech billionaire dwelling in an architectural masterpiece—the Juvet Landscape Hotel—and a private summer home in Valldal, Norway.

— Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of masterpiece

Noun

Pettit will perform on a Ruckers-style harpsichord built in 1987 by the late San Diego builder Ronald Haas, bringing an authenticity and intimacy to masterworks by Johann Sebastian Bach and François Couperin, a news release states.

— News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
Considered a masterwork of the organic architecture style, Fallingwater embodies a harmony between site and design that the architect championed.

— Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026

Definition of masterwork

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Set in occupied Poland in the middle of the Second World War, Holoubek’s tour de force is part suspenseful western, part gritty wartime noir.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 July 2026
Legendary architect Mary Colter of Grand Canyon lodging fame designed this Spanish Revival tour de force on the edge of the Painted Desert.

— Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026