Phrase guide

master's degree

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A postgraduate degree which aims to assist students in developing a mastery for a particular academic field or profession.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: academic degree, degree

Narrower terms: Master of Architecture, MArch, Master of Arts, MA, Artium Magister, AM, Master of Arts in Library Science, MALS, Master of Arts in Teaching, MAT, Master in Business, Master in Business Administration, MBA, Master of Divinity, MDiv, Master of Education, MEd, Master of Fine Arts, MFA, Master of Literature, MLitt, Master of Library Science, MLS, Master in Public Affairs, Master of Science, MS, SM, MSc, Master of Science in Engineering, Master of Theology, ThM

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մագիստրոսի աստիճան (magistrosi astičan) — postgraduate degree
  • Bulgarian: магистрату́ра (magistratúra) — postgraduate degree
  • Burmese: မဟာဘွဲ့ (ma.habhwai.) — postgraduate degree
  • Catalan: màster — postgraduate degree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 碩士 /硕士 (shuòshì) — postgraduate degree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 碩士學位 /硕士学位 (shuòshì xuéwèi) — postgraduate degree
  • Danish: kandidat — postgraduate degree
  • Danish: kandidatgrad — postgraduate degree
  • Dutch: master — postgraduate degree
  • Esperanto: magistro — postgraduate degree
  • Finnish: maisterintutkinto — postgraduate degree
  • French: master — postgraduate degree
  • French: maîtrise — postgraduate degree
  • Galician: mestrado — postgraduate degree
  • Galician: máster — postgraduate degree
  • Georgian: მაგისტრის ხარისხი (magisṭris xarisxi) — postgraduate degree
  • German: Master — postgraduate degree
  • German: Masterabschluss — postgraduate degree
  • Greek: μεταπτυχιακό (metaptychiakó) — postgraduate degree
  • Hebrew: מוסמך אוניברסיטה (musmákh univérsita) — postgraduate degree
  • Hebrew: תואר שני (to'ár shení) — postgraduate degree
  • Hungarian: mesterdiploma — postgraduate degree
  • Hungarian: mesterfokozat — postgraduate degree
  • Icelandic: meistaragráða — postgraduate degree
  • Indonesian: magister — postgraduate degree
  • Indonesian: master — postgraduate degree
  • Italian: magistrale — postgraduate degree
  • Japanese: 修士 (shūshi) — postgraduate degree
  • Japanese: 修士号 (shūshigō) — postgraduate degree
  • Khmer: អនុបណ្ឌិត (a’nu bɑndɨt) — postgraduate degree
  • Khmer: បរិញ្ញាទោ (pa’rəɲɲaa tou) — postgraduate degree
  • Korean: 석사 (seoksa) — postgraduate degree
  • Macedonian: магистратура (magistratura) — postgraduate degree
  • Malay: ijazah sarjana — postgraduate degree
  • Malay: siswazah — postgraduate degree
  • Malay: ijazah Master — postgraduate degree
  • Persian: کارشناسی ارشد (kâršenâsi-ye aršad) — postgraduate degree
  • Polish: magister — postgraduate degree
  • Polish: magisterium — postgraduate degree
  • Polish: magisterka — postgraduate degree
  • Portuguese: mestrado — postgraduate degree
  • Romanian: masterat — postgraduate degree
  • Russian: сте́пень маги́стра (stépenʹ magístra) — postgraduate degree
  • Spanish: maestría — postgraduate degree
  • Spanish: máster — postgraduate degree
  • Spanish: masterado — postgraduate degree
  • Spanish: magíster — postgraduate degree
  • Swahili: shahada ya uzamili — postgraduate degree
  • Thai: ปริญญาโท (bpàrinyaa toh) — postgraduate degree
  • Tibetan: གཙུག་ལག་རབ་འབྱམས་ཐོན་པའི་ཤེས་ཚད་ལག་འཁྱེར (gtsug lag rab 'byams thon pa'i shes tshad lag 'khyer) — postgraduate degree
  • Turkish: lisansüstü diploması — postgraduate degree
  • Ukrainian: сту́пінь магі́стра (stúpinʹ mahístra) — postgraduate degree
  • Welsh: meistr — postgraduate degree
  • Welsh: gradd meistr — postgraduate degree