adj
Meaning 1
Masterful.
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Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a master performance
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adj
Masterful.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Main, principal or predominant.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Highly skilled.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Original.
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name
One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca alongside the Father and Sage and representing a boy or a young man.
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Topics: Wicca, lifestyle, religion
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name
Mastercard
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Topics: banking, business
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name
A surname.
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noun
Someone who has control over something or someone.
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noun
The owner of an animal or slave.
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noun
The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
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Topics: nautical, transport
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Synonyms: skipper, captain
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noun
A male head of household.
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Usage: dated
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noun
Someone who employs others.
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noun
An expert at something.
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Synonyms: adept, ace, artist, buff, crackerjack, crack hand, dab, dab hand, dabster, don hand, expert, Jedi Master, master, maven, old hand, old soldier, old stager, past master, proficient, top gun, whiz, wiz, wizard, veteran
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noun
A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
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noun
A male schoolteacher.
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Usage: dated
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noun
A skilled artist.
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noun
A man or a boy; mister. See Master.
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Usage: dated
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noun
A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
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Synonyms: masters, master's, magistrate
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noun
A person holding such a degree.
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noun
The original of a document or of a recording.
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noun
The copyright in a sound recording.
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Usage: broadly
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
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Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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Synonyms: establishing shot, long shot
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noun
A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
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Topics: law
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noun
A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
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Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Synonyms: coordinator, primary
Antonyms: secondary, slave, worker
noun
A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
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Topics: Freemasonry, lifestyle
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noun
A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
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Usage: broadly
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noun
Ellipsis of master key.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
A male dominant.
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Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
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noun
A vessel having a specified number of masts.
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Usage: in-compounds
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Prepended to a boy's name or surname as a (now somewhat formal) form of address.
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noun
A religious teacher, often as an honorific title.
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noun
The title of the head of certain colleges and schools.
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noun
A master's degree.
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noun
A person holding a master's degree, as a title.
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noun
The title of the eldest son of a Scots lord.
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noun
The owner of a slave, in some literature.
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noun
Used as the title of a dominant, especially a male one.
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Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
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verb
To be a master.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To own; to possess.
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To make a master copy of.
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Usage: especially, transitive
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verb
To earn a Master's degree.
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Usage: intransitive, usually
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noun
an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: master copy, original
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Broader terms: creation
noun
key that secures entrance everywhere
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Synonyms: passkey, passe-partout, master key
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Broader terms: key
Narrower terms: skeleton key
noun
presiding officer of a school
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Synonyms: headmaster, schoolmaster
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Broader terms: principal, school principal, head teacher, head
Narrower terms: housemaster
noun
an artist of consummate skill
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: maestro
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Broader terms: artist, creative person
Narrower terms: old master
noun
an authority qualified to teach apprentices
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Synonyms: professional
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Broader terms: authority
Narrower terms: past master
noun
directs the work of others
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Broader terms: employer
Narrower terms: postmaster, spymaster, stationmaster, station agent
noun
someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution
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Broader terms: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student
noun
an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: captain, sea captain, skipper
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Broader terms: officer, ship's officer
Narrower terms: Kidd, William Kidd, Captain Kidd
noun
a person who has general authority over others
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Synonyms: overlord, lord
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Broader terms: ruler, swayer
Narrower terms: feudal lord, seigneur, seignior
noun
a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
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Synonyms: victor, superior
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Broader terms: combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
Narrower terms: conqueror, vanquisher
verb
have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: control
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Broader terms: know
Narrower terms: cinch
verb
be or become completely proficient or skilled in
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Synonyms: get the hang
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Broader terms: know
verb
get on top of; deal with successfully
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: overcome, get over, subdue, surmount
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Broader terms: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Narrower terms: bulldog
verb
have dominance or the power to defeat over
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dominate
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Broader terms: control, command
Narrower terms: command, subjugate, subject
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meǵh2-der.? Proto-Indo-European *meh2-der.? Proto-Italic *magisteros Latin magister, magistrum Old French maistrebor. ▲ Latin magisterder. Old English mǣġester Middle English maister English master From Middle English maister, mayster, meister (noun) and maistren (verb), from Old English mǣster, mæġster, mæġester, mæġister, magister (“master”), from Latin magister (“chief, teacher, leader”), from Old Latin magester, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh2s (as in magnus (“great”), also cognate of English much and mickle) + -ester/-ister (compare minister (“servant”)). Reinforced by Old French maistre, mestre (noun) and maistriier, maister (verb) from the same Latin source. Compare also Saterland Frisian Mäster (“master”), West Frisian master (“master”), Dutch meester (“master”), German Meister (“master”). Doublet of maestro, magister, and meister.
Etymology tree English mast Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English master From mast + -er.
Across languages
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