MEISTER Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

meister

noun

ˈmī-stər

Definition of meister

as in expert

a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field asked the office's wine meister to recommend a good bottle for a dinner party that she was hosting

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Recent Examples of meister Getty Images Who doesn’t now love the almost-giant, Baby-Huey-goofball, new-Viking-dad striker and World Cup almost-top-goal-meister Erling Haaland! — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The horror meister also dismisses outright any talk online about slowing his filmmaking pace after the box office disappointment for Keeper. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Dec. 2025 The reveal coincides with Opening Night Live, the last big video game event of the summer hosted by video game hype meister Geoff Keighley. — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024 Doug Hasker, Puesto’s brewmaster, is known as San Diego’s lager meister. — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024 Zero sacks for sack-meister Chris Jones, Burrow not needing to flash his twinkle-toes much. — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 1 Feb. 2022 Lucky for shoppers inundated by choices, their favorite stud-meister Dillon Passage is single and ready to … tingle (forgive me). — Joan Kubicek, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021 First in the Pegasus and first in his last three races, including the Whitney Stakes in Saratoga in August, speed-meister Knicks Go is arguably the next greatest threat to Medina Spirit after Essential Quality. — Guy Martin, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021 John Ringling had progressed from clowning to a role as the company’s business-meister, however, and to him the move was unavoidable. — Les Standiford, Time, 15 June 2021

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Noun

Existing law also blocks most states from systematically purging voters from their rolls within 90 days of an election, said David Becker, an election law expert who leads the Center for Election Innovation and Research.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
Laboratory officials declined to provide details, citing privacy concerns, but said experts from India, China, the United States, Singapore and South Korea were assisting with the work.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of expert

Noun

The chain’s restaurants were leased back to it under a 25-year master lease, which included 2% annual escalators, extending until the early 2040s, according to the initial deal terms.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
This year’s festival will also include a retrospective on the works of Japanese master filmmaker Kenji Mizoguchi.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of master

Noun

Robert Kaplan, a senior scholar at Stanford School of Medicine’s Clinical Excellence Research Center and former associate director of the National Institutes of Health, is the leading voice of opposition against Proposition 38.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Muslim American scholars and civic leaders say sharia primarily guides worship, ethics and personal conduct, and that its demonization misrepresents ordinary religious practices while fueling anti-Muslim fear.

— David Crary, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of scholar

Noun

For the seventh year, there will be costumes, quests and magic for every wizard, witch and muggle.

— Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026
Atari wore elephant-print pants and a purple wizard’s cloak, and kept handy a face mask emblazoned with the words what if love wins?

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of wizard

Noun

Great virtuosi such as violinist Isaac Stern, pianist Van Cliburn, soprano Leontyne Price and hosts of other incredible artists, both American and from abroad, blessed our concert halls with their dazzling artistry.

— Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026
In 2023, the comedian, actor, writer, and banjo virtuoso Steve Martin was walking through SoHo, followed closely by two men holding a laptop.

— David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of virtuoso

Noun

Still, the question of what Ebel was doing with his adepts swept through Prussia, dominating the newspapers that had only recently begun to emerge from their eighteenth-century chronicling of obligations to a more modern publicizing role.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Lest things get predictable, Tasjan’s adept at letting the music battle with the lyrics in a way that hints at how any experience is far more complex than we are led to believe.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2026

Definition of adept

Noun

For the occasion Rossi, who launched his brand after years of studying shoemaking under his footwear-guru father Sergio, has retraced the trajectory of his creative process and grouped his designs in a photographic tome published by Rizzoli.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
After countless acid trips, Alpert visited an Indian guru who practiced Bhakti yoga.

— Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of guru

Noun

The evening was a fitting toast to the shoe maestro, who celebrated his past, present and future alongside an adoring Milan Fashion Week crowd and influential actresses and models, including Naomi Watts.

— Katie Abel, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
This places the audience alongside the Konyaks, and subverts the traditional, colonial cinematic gaze in the vein of Filipino maestro Lav Diaz.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

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