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 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 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 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 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 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for meister

Noun

But this should be guided and individualized by the right expert in terms of counseling and determining both the risks and benefits of sports based on the cardiac diagnosis and type of sport engaged in by the athlete.

— Nicole Williams, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
Sandy Baum, an expert in education finance with the Urban Institute, said the new loan limits are unreasonably low, but uncapped borrowing was a real problem and some restrictions are necessary.

— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of expert

Noun

Also contributing heavily to that deep black-on-light gray contrast is the custom black entry door prepared by the master craftsmen at Tern Overland.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 July 2026
These two masters of image management provided colliding—utopian versus dystopian—scenes at contrasting Fourth of July weekend mega events.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 8 July 2026

Definition of master

Noun

Muhammad Taqi al-Hakim, a senior scholar at the Najaf seminary, led the funeral prayers at the Shrine of Imam Ali, the Prophet Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
In addition to Dafoe and Perkins, the advisory team includes documentary filmmaker Ariel Baska, Oscar-winning prosthetic makeup artist and Academy member Howard Berger, author and filmmaker Tananarive Due, and film scholar Angela Marie Smith.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 July 2026

Definition of scholar

Noun

The books about the life of a young wizard were adapted into a movie series that debuted in 2001 with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
After climbing the Azkaban Escape Tower to the top, repel-style, young wizards-in-training, Clark and Emily Friscia, were ready to go home.

— Greg Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026

Definition of wizard

Noun

Just two weeks after Bob Dylan guitarist Doug Lancio vanished from the tour and was replaced by jazz virtuoso Julian Lage, Bob Britt — who has played guitar in Dylan’s band since 2019 — has apparently left the group as well.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026
He was widely celebrated as a virtuoso who nurtured America’s economic well-being and whose nearly every utterance was parsed for clues as to where interest rates, the economy and the financial markets might be headed.

— Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 22 June 2026

Definition of virtuoso

Noun

Tech pioneer adept at shifting gears Atom Power was co-founded in 2015 by Kouroussis and Ryan Kennedy as a UNC Charlotte incubator, a project that started at the college before spinning off its own company and moving to the Lake Norman area.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, Alouette has become an adept of dye recipes.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026

Definition of adept

Noun

His guru, Ramakrishna, was a 19th-century mystic and spiritual teacher in Bengal whose teachings on the unity underlying all religions shaped the worldview Vivekananda would go on to spread globally.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 July 2026
After her longtime hair guru found love with White Lotus star Gage, Kardashian appeared more than happy to officiate the pair's black-and-white nuptials, which also included a performance from Shania Twain.

— Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

Definition of guru

Noun

The powerhouse Ukrainian avant-folk band DakhaBrakha performs July 23, and bass maestro and film composer Stanley Clarke brings his jazz fusion band 4Ever (inspired by his tenure in Chick Corea’s Return to Forever) July 25t.

— Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
That reputation as a cup-football maestro, that glow of knockout know-how, is integral to Tuchel’s mystique as a coach.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 1 July 2026

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