Masterpiece

Noun

 * 1) A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the  greatest work of a person's career.
 * 2) A work of outstanding creativity, skill or workmanship.
 * Masterpieces are not completed, they are abandoned.
 * 1) A work created in order to qualify as a master craftsman and member of a guild.

Synonyms

 * chef d'œuvre
 * masterwork

Adjectives for Masterpiece
ambitious; fair; exquisite; crisp; vivid brief; restrained; unequaled; unsurpassed literary; involuntary; eminent; symphonic heroic.

Verbs for Masterpiece
acclaim—; accomplish—; achieve—; applaud—; appreciate—; cast—; chance upon —; contemplate—; emulate—; esteem—; examine—; extol—; hail as—; interpret—; laud—; match—; pay tribute to—; praise —; reproduce—; rival—; study—; transcribe—; value—; work—; —excels; —depicts ; —portrays; —reposes in; —surpasses; —survives; —transcends.

Thesaurus
archetype, art object, artifact, brainchild, bric-a-brac, child, classic, coinage, composition, concoction, creation, creature, crowning achievement, design, distillation, effect, end product, essence, exemplar, extract, feat, fruit, grotesque, handiwork, ideal, invention, issue, jewel, kitsch, magnum opus, manufacture, master, master stroke, masterstroke, masterwork, mintage, mirror, mobile, museum piece, new mintage, nude, offspring, old master, opera, opus, opuscule, origination, outcome, outgrowth, paragon, pasticcio, pastiche, pattern of perfection, piece, piece de resistance, piece of virtu, product, production, prototype, quintessence, result, stabile, statue, still life, study, tour de force, very model, virtu, work, work of art

Etymology
, a calque of meesterstuk:

Translations

 * Arabic: تحفة, رائعة
 * Belarusian: шэдэўр
 * Bulgarian: шедьовър
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish: (1-3)
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Meisterstück,
 * Hungarian: remekmű
 * Icelandic:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Manx: ard-obbyr
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: obra prima
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: ремек-дело
 * Spanish: obra maestra
 * Swedish: mästerverk
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: kiệt tác