meister

noun

ˈmī-stər How to pronounce meister (audio)
Definition of meisternext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meister
  1. expert
  2. master
  3. scholar
  4. wizard
  5. virtuoso
  6. adept
  7. guru
  8. maestro
Noun
  • These experts assign ratings after analyzing a company's financials and ability to consistently pay dividends while also seeking capital appreciation.
    — TipRanks.com Staff, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Leading the way in court There are dozens of cases across the country surrounding the legal status of prediction sites, and experts believe the matter will eventually be decided by the Supreme Court.
    — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of expert
Noun
  • Braking performance comes courtesy of Gale Speed calipers, a Kustom Tech master cylinder, and custom in-house caliper brackets.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The Illusion Of 'Clean' Data Over the past decade, companies have poured enormous effort into data quality, governance frameworks, master data initiatives and cloud migrations.
    — Kevin Campbell, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of master
Noun
  • Margot has been absorbed with a new idea she’s discovered in her work and has even reached out to a scholar at NASA to discuss it.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • As scholars now know, Capa’s early oeuvre encompassed works by both him and Taro.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of scholar
Noun
  • Still, Lombard arrived with the reputation of a fielding wizard after his predecessor, Anthony Volpe, saw his defense drastically decline while playing through a shoulder injury last season.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • And for all the Padres’ successes under private equity wizard Peter Seidler, his biggest bet went bust, the ‘23 Padres missing the playoffs despite his approving MLB’s third-highest payroll.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of wizard
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
  • This group of women travelled for more than 30 hours with their guru to bathe in the river.
    — PhotoVogue, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
  • George traveled to India to study the sitar at the feet of his new guru, Ravi Shankar.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of guru
Noun
  • But whereas some other chillers have flamed out, this one comes with a true maestro of the form in Felix Barrett of the British company Punchdrunk.
    — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • An instant landmark, the building was designed by Chinese architect Ma Yansong of MAD, working in tandem with executive architect Michael Siegel of Stantec and landscape maestro Mia Lehrer of Studio-MLA.
    — Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of maestro

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