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

The high number is likely boosted by unusually warm water and the presence of an El Niño weather phenomenon with potentially historic rain for California, experts have said.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
The page says the funds will be used only for legal expenses, including filings, transcripts, investigators and experts.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of expert

Noun

The fragrances have been in development for roughly two-and-a-half years and were created with master perfumers Frank Voelkl and Shyamala Maisondieu.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026
That data monitoring, in addition to master literacy coaches at each CMS campus to address specific student learning needs, has made a big impact, Balknight said.

— Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of master

Noun

A couple of seats away from him was Jack, the moustachioed cowboy now the moustachioed scholar, whispering in Evelyn’s ear.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
WYouth and Nuuly will present the Student Viewing Section at the 2026 CFDA Fashion Awards, welcoming current CFDA scholars and fashion students to the ceremony.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of scholar

Noun

Stomp-and-holler virtuoso Noah Kahan had to cancel his July appearance at Citi Field when storm clouds threatened.

— Matthew Schneier, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2026
Roy Clark could show up at Felix and Oscar’s New York apartment in The Odd Couple to demonstrate his virtuoso pickin’ skills and be summoned to Burbank to sub in for Johnny Carson as a guest host of The Tonight Show.

— David Kamp, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 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

Longtime rankings guru Loren Maxwell figured out a way to create high school football schedules with maximum competitive matchups and minimized travel … and then applied it to all 413 GHSA schools.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 4 Sep. 2026
This was the Jack Kornfield, the mindfulness guru who wrote A Path With Heart, the book that had launched Britton’s journey into Buddhism.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of guru

Noun

In 2022, Disney+ backed the Korean TV series Connect that was directed by Japanese horror maestro Takashi Miike, though the show featured Korean talent and used the Korean language.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
The accuracy of this narrative, which the maestro himself carefully crafted, is something some now question.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of maestro

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