Master

Noun

 * 1) Someone who has control over something or someone.
 * 2) Owner of an animal or slave.
 * A good master should take good care of his pets.
 * 1)  The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
 * 2) Someone who employs others.
 * 3) An expert at something.
 * Mark Twain was a master of fiction.
 * 1) A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
 * 2) A skilled artist.
 * 3)  A courtesy title of a man or a boy; mister. See Master.
 * 4) A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
 * She has a master in psychology.
 * 1) A person holding such a degree.
 * He is a master of marine biology.
 * 1) The original of a document or of a recording.
 * The band couldn't find the master, so they re-recorded their tracks.
 * 1)  The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
 * 2)  A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
 * The case was tried by a master, who concluded that the plaintiffs were the equitable owners of the property....

Synonyms

 * masters, master's
 * establishing shot, long shot
 * skipper, captain

Derived terms

 * ballet master
 * barmaster
 * beemaster
 * bergmaster
 * boroughmaster
 * brewmaster
 * burghomaster
 * burgomaster
 * bushmaster
 * chess master
 * cockmaster
 * concertmaster
 * craftsmaster
 * dockmaster
 * drill master/drillmaster
 * games master/games-master
 * Grand Master/grandmaster
 * harbor master/harbor-master/harbormaster
 * headmaster
 * house master/housemaster
 * ironmaster
 * jack of all trades, master of none
 * jumpmaster


 * loadmaster
 * lockmaster
 * Masters
 * Master of Arts
 * Master of Science
 * master-at-arms
 * master bedroom
 * master builder
 * master card
 * master cast
 * master class
 * master copy
 * master cylinder
 * masterdom
 * master file
 * masterful
 * master gland
 * masterhood
 * master key
 * masterless
 * masterly
 * master mariner
 * master mason


 * mastermind
 * master of ceremonies
 * masterous
 * masterpiece
 * master plan/master-plan/masterplan
 * master race
 * master sergeant
 * mastership
 * mastersinger
 * master status
 * masterstroke
 * master tradesman
 * master trust
 * masterwork
 * mastery
 * metal master
 * mint-master
 * old master
 * past master
 * paymaster
 * postmaster
 * property master
 * puppet master/puppet-master/puppetmaster
 * quartermaster
 * question master/question-master/questionmaster
 * quizmaster


 * rattlesnake master
 * ringmaster
 * roaming master
 * saymaster
 * schoolmaster
 * scoutmaster
 * sheepmaster
 * shipmaster
 * spymaster
 * stationmaster
 * taskmaster
 * toastmaster
 * trackmaster
 * trainmaster
 * undermaster
 * watermaster
 * webmaster
 * weighmaster
 * whoremaster
 * workmaster
 * wreck master/wreck-master/wreckmaster
 * yardmaster

Adjective

 * 1) masterful
 * 2) main, principal or predominant
 * 3) highly skilled
 * 4) original

Verb

 * 1) to be a master
 * 2)  to control
 * 3) * 1898,, Chapter 4
 * Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.'
 * 1)  to learn to a high degree of proficiency

Derived terms

 * bemaster
 * masterable


 * overmaster
 * remaster

Adjectives for Master
imperious; profound; lurid; disloyal; captious; contemporary;  testy;  intriguing; sweet; urban; provincial; absolute; clouted; majestic; unrighteous; supreme; former; money; dish-faced; prayer; inglorious; independent; exasperating; unsuccessful; tyrannical; foremost; inward; school; mystic; industrial; noble; undisputed; accepted; perturbed; indignant; formidable; marvelous; proficient; blithe; shrewd; unworthy; injudicious; intractable; manful; joviai.

Verbs for Master
acknowledge—; appeal to—; attend—; betray—; bow to—; conspire against—; emu¬late—; enjoin—; follow—; salute—; serve —; supersede—; —authorizes; —censures; —controls; —directs; —disciplines; enslaves; —governs; —guides; —judges; — lashes; —oversees; —rewards; —rules; —supervises.

Adverbs for Master
skillfully; imperiously; profoundly; absolutely; majestically; tyrannically; undisputediy; formidably; marvelously; proficiently; shrewdly; jovially; injudiciously; dictatortally.

Thesaurus
A per se, JA, OD, abecedarian, absorb, academic dean, ace, adept, administration, administrator, all-absorbing, amicus curiae, ancestors, appreciate, apprehend, apprentice, arch, architect, art object, artificer, artisan, artist, artiste, ascendant, assessor, assimilate, at the head, attain mastery of, author, authority, baccalaureate, baccalaureus, bachelor, banner, barmaster, basic, be with one, beat down, become adept in, begetter, beginner, bend, beneficiary, best, bestride, big boss, big cheese, big wheel, biggest, boatswain, boss, boy, brainchild, break, break down, bric-a-brac, bridle, bring low, bring to terms, bub, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, builder, capital, captain, cardinal, castellan, catch, catch on, central, certified teacher, cestui, cestui que trust, cestui que use, champ, champion, chancellor, chatelain, chatelaine, check, chief, chief engineer, chief mate, chieftain, circuit judge, classic, colt, commandant, commander, commanding, composition, comprehend, conceive, conceiver, conquer, conquering hero, conqueror, conquistador, constructor, control, controller, controlling, copyist, crack, crackerjack, craftsman, craftswoman, creation, creator, crowning, crush, cub, dauber, daubster, dean, dean of men, dean of women, deck officer, deedholder, defeater, degree, design, designer, deviser, dictate, dig, digest, director, discoverer, docent, doctor, doctorate, domesticize, domiciliate, dominant, dominate, dominie, don, down, doyen, doyenne, easy winner, educationist, educator, effector, elder, elder statesman, employer, engenderer, engineer, executive, executor, executrix, expert, father, fathom, fell, fellow, feoffee, feudatory, first, first-rater, flatten, fledgling, focal, follow, foremost, founder, fugleman, gaffer, general, generator, genius, get, get down cold, get down pat, get hold of, get taped, get the drift, get the idea, get the picture, get up on, good hand, govern, governing, governor, grasp, great, great soul, grotesque, grower, guide, guru, handicraftsman, have, have it taped, have the ascendancy, head, headmaster, headmistress, headmost, hegemonic, hegemonistic, hero, high priest, higher-up, highest, hobbledehoy, householder, humble, humiliate, hurdle, illuminate, important person, in ascendancy, in charge, in chief, in the ascendant, inaugurator, industrialist, ingenious, initiator, instigator, institutor, instructor, intellect, intellectual, intendant, introducer, inventor, journeyman, judge advocate, judge ordinary, jurat, justice in eyre, justice of assize, ken, kingfish, kingpin, kitsch, know, know well, lad, laddie, laird, landlady, landlord, laureate, lay judge, leader, leading, learn, learn the ropes, legal assessor, lick, lord, lover of wisdom, maestro, magician, magisterial, mahatma, main, maker, man of genius, man of intellect, man of wisdom, manager, manchild, mandarin, manufacturer, master carpenter, master craftsman, master hand, masterful, masterly, mastermind, masterpiece, masterwork, mate, maven, mechanic, melamed, mentor, mesne, mesne lord, military judge, mistress, mobile, monarch, mother, muchacho, mullah, museum piece, naval officer, navigating officer, navigator, nonpareil, nude, old hand, old master, ombudsman, oracle, ordinary, organizer, originator, overall, overbearing, overcome, overmaster, override, overriding, overruling, overseer, overwhelm, owner, pancratiast, pandit, paragon, paramount, paramour, past, past master, pasticcio, pastiche, patron, pedagogist, pedagogue, personage, philosopher, pick up, piece, piece of virtu, pipes, planner, play first fiddle, police judge, practiced hand, preceptor, precursor, predominant, predominate, preeminent, premier, prentice, prepollent, preponderant, preponderate, prepotent, president, presiding judge, prevail, prevailing, prevalent, primal, primary, prime, prime mover, principal, pro, probate judge, prodigy, producer, professional, professor, proficient, proprietary, proprietor, proprietress, proprietrix, provost, puisne judge, pundit, pup, puppy, put down, quartermaster, quell, rabbi, raiser, ranking, read, realize, realizer, recorder, rector, reduce, regnant, regulating, regulative, regulatory, reigning, rentier, repress, ride down, rishi, rule, rule the roost, ruler, ruling, runner-up, sage, sailing master, sapient, savant, savvy, scholar, schoolboy, schoolkeeper, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, second mate, seer, seize, seize the meaning, senior, sense, shaper, shipmaster, shoo-in, sire, skilled, skilled hand, skillful, skipper, smash, smith, sonny, sonny boy, sovereign, squire, stabile, star, starets, statue, stellar, still life, study, subdue, subduer, subjugate, subjugator, supereminent, superintendent, superior, superman, superstar, supervisor, suppress, supreme, sure winner, surmount, take, take in, take the lead, tame, taskmaster, teacher, technician, the Old Man, the greatest, the most, thinker, throw, titleholder, top dog, topflight, topmost, topnotcher, trample down, trample underfoot, tread underfoot, triumph, triumpher, tutor, twist, tyrannize, understand, unman, uppermost, vanquish, vanquisher, vice-chancellor, victor, virtu, virtuoso, watch officer, wear the pants, whelp, whiz, winner, wise man, wise old man, wizard, work, work of art, wright, young man, youth

Etymology
mægester:, from magister:. Reinforced by maistre:, mestre: also from Latin magister.

Noun

 * Arabic: (séyyid)
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese: 主人 (zhǔrén)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: isand
 * Filipino: amo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 주인 (juin)


 * Latin: dominus
 * Macedonian:, стопан
 * Norwegian: mester, herre
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, amo
 * Romanian:, proprietar, patron
 * Russian:, ,  владыка
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Filipino: amo
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: dominus
 * Macedonian:, стопан
 * Norwegian: herre
 * Persian: مهتر
 * Polish: ,


 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Filipino: kapitan, capitan (obsolete)
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: πλοίαρχος, καπετάνιος
 * Italian:


 * Latin: dominus
 * Persian: ناخدا
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Tagalog: kapitan, capitan (obsolete)
 * Turkish:


 * Filipino: bossing (colloquial), amo (common), compatron (obsolete)
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek: αφεντικό
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: dominus
 * Macedonian:
 * Persian: کارفرما


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: bossing (colloquial), amo (common), compatron (obsolete)
 * Turkish: ,


 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: 技师 (jìshī)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: majstro
 * Filipino: pantas- (obsolete)
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, , αριστοτέχνης
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: وه‌ستا
 * Latin: dominus
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian: mester
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene: mojster
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pantas- (obsolete)
 * Turkish: usta, üstad


 * Chinese: 师傅 (shīfu)
 * Czech:
 * Filipino: guro (lit. teacher), maestro (obsolete)
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: αρχιτεχνίτης,
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: وه‌ستا
 * Latin: dominus
 * Macedonian:


 * Norwegian: mester
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene: mojster
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: guro (lit. teacher), maestro (obsolete)
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: dominus
 * Persian: ,


 * Polish: pan (usually capitalized)
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: maestru
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Chinese: 小爷 (xiǎoyé)
 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: おぼっちゃま
 * Latin: dominulus
 * Persian: آقاپسر
 * Polish: panicz


 * Portuguese: senhorzinho
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Finnish: alkuperäisversio, master-versio, master-kopio
 * Greek: πρωτότυπο
 * Italian:
 * Latin: dominus
 * Norwegian: original, masterkopi
 * Persian:
 * Polish: kopia-matka


 * Portuguese: máster
 * Romanian: original
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * : dominus



Adjective

 * Finnish:
 * Italian:


 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian: hoved-


 * Finnish: -mestari, -taituri
 * Macedonian: мајсторски


 * Norwegian: mester-
 * Serbian: мајсторски


 * Finnish:
 * Italian:


 * Norwegian: original-
 * Persian:

Verb

 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Norwegian: lede
 * Romanian:
 * Serbian: господарити


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian: владее, управува,  раководи


 * Norwegian: styre
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ceannsaich


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Macedonian: владее
 * Norwegian: mestre, beherske
 * Romanian: ,

Anagrams

 * armest, maters, matres, METARs, stream, tamers, tremas

Noun

 * 1) master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Anagrams

 * trames, trémas

Noun
master


 * 1) Indefinite plural of mast

Noun
master


 * 1) master
 * see also Master

Noun
master


 * 1) master