master
1. an artist of consummate skill (Freq. 8)
- a master of the violin
- one of the old masters
• Syn:
maestro
• Derivationally related forms:
masterly, mastership
• Hypernyms:
artist, creative person
• Hyponyms:
old master
2. a person who has general authority over others (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
overlord, lord
• Derivationally related forms:
lordship (for: lord), mastership, overlordship (for: overlord)
• Hypernyms:
ruler, swayer
• Hyponyms:
feudal lord, seigneur, seignior
3. a combatant who is able to defeat rivals (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
victor, superior
• Hypernyms:
combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
• Hyponyms:
conqueror, vanquisher
4. directs the work of others (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
mastership
• Hypernyms:
employer
• Hyponyms:
postmaster, spymaster, stationmaster, station agent
5. presiding officer of a school (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
headmaster, schoolmaster
• Derivationally related forms:
mastership, headmastership (for: headmaster)
• Hypernyms:
principal, school principal, head teacher, head
• Hyponyms:
housemaster
6. an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
master copy, original
• Derivationally related forms:
original (for: original)
• Hypernyms:
creation
7. an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
• Syn:
captain, sea captain, skipper
• Derivationally related forms:
skipper (for: skipper), captainship (for: captain), mastership
• Hypernyms:
officer, ship's officer
• Instance Hyponyms:
Kidd, William Kidd, Captain Kidd
8. someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution
• Hypernyms:
scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student
9. an authority qualified to teach apprentices
• Syn:
professional
• Derivationally related forms:
masterly, mastership
• Hypernyms:
authority
• Hyponyms:
past master
10. key that secures entrance everywhere
• Syn:
passkey, passe-partout, master key
• Hypernyms:
key
• Hyponyms:
skeleton key
1. be or become completely proficient or skilled in (Freq. 4)
- She mastered Japanese in less than two years
• Syn:
get the hang
• Derivationally related forms:
mastery, mastering
• Hypernyms:
know
• Entailment:
drill, exercise, practice, practise, learn,
larn, acquire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s (for: get the hang)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: get the hang)
2. get on top of;
deal with successfully (Freq. 2)
- He overcame his shyness
• Syn:
overcome, get over, subdue, surmount
• Hypernyms:
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
• Hyponyms:
bulldog
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. have dominance or the power to defeat over (Freq. 1)
- Her pain completely mastered her
- The methods can master the problems
• Syn:
dominate
• Derivationally related forms:
mastery, dominant (for: dominate), domination (for: dominate), dominance (for: dominate)
• Hypernyms:
control, command
• Hyponyms:
command, subjugate, subject
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
4. have a firm understanding or knowledge of;
be on top of
- Do you control these data?
• Syn:
control
• Derivationally related forms:
control (for: control)
• Hypernyms:
know
• Hyponyms:
cinch
• Verb Group:
operate, control
• Entailment:
understand
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
most important element
- the chief aim of living
- 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
• Syn:
chief, main, primary, principal
• Similar to:
important, of import
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