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Master   /mˈæstər/   Listen
Master

noun
1.
An artist of consummate skill.  Synonym: maestro.  "One of the old masters"
2.
A person who has general authority over others.  Synonyms: lord, overlord.
3.
A combatant who is able to defeat rivals.  Synonyms: superior, victor.
4.
Directs the work of others.
5.
Presiding officer of a school.  Synonyms: headmaster, schoolmaster.
6.
An original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made.  Synonyms: master copy, original.
7.
An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship.  Synonyms: captain, sea captain, skipper.
8.
Someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution.
9.
An authority qualified to teach apprentices.  Synonym: professional.
10.
Key that secures entrance everywhere.  Synonyms: master key, passe-partout, passkey.
verb
(past & past part. mastered; pres. part. mastering)
1.
Be or become completely proficient or skilled in.  Synonym: get the hang.
2.
Get on top of; deal with successfully.  Synonyms: get over, overcome, subdue, surmount.
3.
Have dominance or the power to defeat over.  Synonym: dominate.  "The methods can master the problems"
4.
Have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of.  Synonym: control.
adjective
1.
Most important element.  Synonyms: chief, main, primary, principal.  "The main doors were of solid glass" , "The principal rivers of America" , "The principal example" , "Policemen were primary targets" , "The master bedroom" , "A master switch"



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"Master" Quotes from Famous Books



... praying and plundering; so they go on," returned the Major, knocking the ashes out of his pipe, preparatory to filling it anew; an employment that gave him an opportunity to give vent to his feelings, without pausing to puff.—"Ay, Master Hodge, praying and plundering; so they go on. Now, do you remember old Watson, who was in the Massachusetts Levies, in the year '12?—old Tom Watson; he that was a sub under Barnwell, in our ...
— Satanstoe • James Fenimore Cooper
... stopped opposite the house where, as he knew, Maurice Kirkwood was living. Presently Paolo came out of the door, and began examining the contents of the hand-cart. The Interviewer saw his opportunity. Here was an introduction to the man, and the man must introduce him to the master. ...
— The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)
... hidden the hat and mackintosh and to have taken in exchange some clothes belonging to the murdered man. Hepworth's clerk, Ellenby, an elderly man—of the type that one generally describes as of gentlemanly appearance—was accustomed to his master being away unexpectedly on business, which was that of a ships' furnisher. He always kept an overcoat and a bag ready packed in the office. Missing them, Ellenby had assumed that his master had been called away by an early train. He would have been worried after a ...
— Malvina of Brittany • Jerome K. Jerome
... it. I cannot fight them. Save me, my king, my master. Let us fly across the frontier—to Paris." ...
— Dreamers of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill
... Florence, my boy. I'll show you some fencing to-morrow. If my old fencing master, Foresti Paoli, is yet in Florence, I'll have him arrange some matches. New York affairs will look ...
— The Lure of the Mask • Harold MacGrath


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