Master

Definition: Master

Master

Adjective

1. Highly skilled or proficient" "a master plumber"; "a master thief".

2. Controlling; "master race"; "master plan".

Noun

1. An artist of consummate skill; "a master of the violin"; "one of the old masters".

2. A person who has general authority over others.

3. A combatant who is able to defeat rivals.

4. Directs the work of other.

5. Presiding officer of a school.

6. An original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made.

7. An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship.

8. Someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution.

9. An authority qualified to teach apprentices.

10. : key that secures entrance everywhere.

Verb

1. Be or become completely proficient or skilled in; "She mastered Japanese in less than two years".

2. Get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness".

3. Have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems".

4. Have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "master" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Computing

Dream Interpretation

Electrical Engineering

Meteorology & Standards

Occupations

Publishing & Graphic Arts

Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

MASTER

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Master

Artist

Noun: artist; painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver; master, old master; draftsman, draughtsman; copyist, dauber, hack; enamel, enameler, enamelist; caricaturist.

Director

Intendant; overseer, overlooker; supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile; moderator, monitor, taskmaster; master; leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator; caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy.

Government

Noun: government, legal authority, soveriegn, sovereign authority; authority; master; direction.

Infant

Child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin; bantling, bratling; elf. youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master. scion; sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow; codlin,codling; foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin; aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle.

Intelligibility

Understand, comprehend, take, take in; catch, grasp, follow, collect, master, make out; see with half an eye, see daylight, see one's way; enter into the ideas of; come to an understanding.

Learning

Acquaint oneself with, master; make oneself master of, make oneself acquainted with; grind, cram; get up, coach up; learn by heart, learn by rote.

Man

Noun: man, male, he, him; manhood. (adolescence); gentleman, sir, master; sahib; yeoman, wight, swain, fellow, blade, beau, elf, chap, gaffer, good man; husband. (married man); Mr., mister; boy. (youth).

Master

Admiral, admiralty; rear admiral, vice admiral, port admiral; commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant, ensign, skipper, mate, master, officer of the day, OD; navarch.

Possessor

Owner; proprietor, proprietress, proprietary; impropriator, master, mistress, lord.

Proficient

Noun: proficient, expert, adept, dab; dabster, crackerjack; connoisseur; (scholar); master, master hand; prima donna, first fiddle, top gun, chef de cuisine, top sawyer; protagonist; past master; mahatma.

Subjection

Break in, tame; subject, subjugate; master; tread down, tread under foot; weigh down; drag at one's chariot wheels; reduce to subjection, reduce to slavery; enthrall, inthrall, bethrall; enslave, lead captive; take into custody; (restrain); rule; drive into a corner, hold at the sword's point; keep under; hold in bondage, hold in leading strings, hold in swaddling clothes.

Success

Surmount a difficulty, overcome a difficulty, get over a difficulty, get over an obstacle; se tirer d'affaire; make head against; stem the torrent, stem the tide, stem the current; weather the storm, weather a point; turn a corner, keep one's head above water, tide over; master; get the better of, have the better of, gain the better of, gain the best of, gain the upper hand, gain the ascendancy, gain the whip hand, gain the start of; distance; surpass; (superiority).

Teacher

Noun: teacher, trainer, instructor, master, tutor, director, Corypheus, dry nurse, coach, grinder, crammer, don; governor, bear leader; governess, duenna; disciplinarian.

Title

Highness, excellency, grace; lordship, worship; reverence, reverend; esquire, sir, master, Mr., signor, se$or, Mein Herr, mynheer; your honor, his honor; serene highness; handle to one's name.

Crosswords: Master

Frisian (boss, chief, leader, master), German (master, master of foxhounds, master of hounds), Italian (master), Papiamen (mast).

I was a man at that age: the master of a large plantation just south of New Orleans (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

We swears to serve the master of the precious (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

When I left you I was but a learner, now I am the master. (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas)

I must master it as I must master my life (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford; Michael Herr)

You are master of all you survey (Superman II; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

Hear us, oh infernal master. (One With Darkness; performing artist: Cher)

I'm thinkin of a master plan (Take Your Time; performing artist: HOT)

My only master. (Wuthering heights; performing artist: Kate Bush)

Y'all know I got the master flow, fast or slow (Put Ya Hands Up; performing artist: KISS)

MASTER PLAN COME ON NOW (Hit Me Off; performing artist: New Edition)

Money is an excellent servant, but a horrible master. (references; author: unknown)

Kung Fu Master (2003)

Retro Puppet Master (1999)

Master Samurai (1974)

School Master (1973)

The Master of Images (1972)

Master Blaster (Jammin') (performing artist: Stevie Wonder)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Laser Master International, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Master Graphics, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Shuffle Master, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• John Master Industries Berhad: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The World Market for Master Copper Alloys: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Flower Adornment Sutra, Chapter 22: The Ten Inexhaustible Treasuries Commentary by Tripitka Master Hua (reference)

• G. H. Rothe Master of the Mezzotint (reference)

• Fulcanelli: Master Alchemist (Le Mystere Des Cathedrales Esoteric Interpretation of the Hermetic Symbols of Great Work) (reference)

• Master of Line: John W. Winkler-American Etcher (reference)

• Euler : The Master of Us All (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Arizona Master Income Tax Guide (reference)

• Drug Master Plus - Cd-rom Windows (reference)

• Electronic Pesticide Reference - Cd-rom - Master Version (reference)

• Illinois Master Plumber (reference)

• La Master Planner (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Bruce Lee the Master Collection (reference)

• Gilbert & Sullivan - Master Collection (Opera World) (reference)

• Bodacious: Master Of Disaster (reference)

• Reiki Master Attunement Become a Reiki Master (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna, etc. / Salamunovich, Los Angeles Master Chorale (reference)

• Swing Master (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Master Of Orion 3 (reference)

• PlayStation 2 DVD Master Remote (reference)

• Franklin LM6000b Speaking Language Master (reference)

• Thrust master Joy stick (USB) (reference)

• Master Genealogist Silver Edition (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• All-Clad Master Chef 2 4-Quart Saute Pan (reference)

• Krups 404-70 Open Master Can Opener (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Setup for calibrating microwave navigation instruments Master unit set up across sound Calibration crew from NOAA Ship WHITING. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

View of microwave navigation instrument calibration setup Master unit set up across sound Calibration crew from NOAA Ship WHITING. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The exquisite workmanship of master lensmakers helped illuminate our coast. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A master fisherman taking a break on the gear of human counterpart. Credit: Fisheries.

Closeup of a master fisherman. Credit: Fisheries.

Figure 56. Pecoul logging sounder, invented in 1849 by Master Mariner Adolphe Pecoul of Marseille. This device was used to measure measure depths while a vessel was underway or to be used as a speed logging device. It was tested in 1850. In spite of favorable reports from numerous ship captain, it was rejected by the Ministry of the Marine and Colonies. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

A master wood carver with a beautiful rendition of a hammerhead shark. Credit: Small World.

Master Sgt Patrick Owens.

CAMP BUTMIR, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AFPN) -- Tech. Sgt. James Monk (left) and Master Sgt. Scott Wagers walk away from a helicopter landing pad here as a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk rises into the air behind them. Wagers and Scott are two aerial-qualified comb.

Black and white wash painting of Canvasbacks by Frank W. Benson, a master painter and etcher, who has been called the dean of American duck etchers. The reproduction shown is a pen and ink drawing done at a later date. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And on this head, we have caused to be made for them letters testimonial patent of the lord Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, of the lord Henry, archbishop of Dublin, of the bishops aforesaid, and of Master Pandulf as touching this security and the concessions aforesaid. (reference)

He that is master of himself, and his own life, has a right too to the means of preserving it; so that as soon as compact enters, slavery ceases, and he so far quits his absolute power, and puts an end to the state of war, who enters into conditions with his captive. (Second Treatise of Government)

Modern industry has converted the little workshop of the patriarchal master into the great factory of the industrial capitalist. (reference)

And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The thing is determined, that is (laughing affectedly) as far as I can presume to determine any thing without the concurrence of my lord and master.

He began by recognising that, however extraordinary and critical the situation was, he was completely master of it.

Their master had received his deathwound on the battlefield of Prague far away over the sea.

Master Lieutenant, pray you, by your leave, How doth the Prince, and my young son of York

My master observed the whole performance with great signs of curiosity and admiration

I meet his servant come to draw water for his master, and our buckets as it were grate together in the same well

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Efforts now focus on preparing the child for the classroom, helping the child master activities of daily living, and maximizing the child's ability to communicate. (references)

Some may be able to master self-help skills, complete academic or vocational school, and live in supervised homes or on their own, while others may not progress to this level. (references)

Difficulties in using this instrument include gaining access to the bleeding lesion for an en face approach and training endoscopists in its use. Laser therapy is difficult to master and apply. (references)

Business

GIB originally owned the Pizza Hut master franchise. (references)

APIIT has plans to expand to the master and PhD courses over the next two to three years. (references)

In the State’s master plan for industrial development, information technology (IT) is identified as a priority sector. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bangladesh

Mamun, the son of a local Awami League M.P., Abul Kashem Master, allegedly led the abductors. (references)

Hong Kong

A representative of the PRC-banned Quan Yin Method promoted by the Taiwan-based Supreme Master (or Suma) Ching Hai International Association occupied a booth at the Fair. (references)

Taiwan

During the year, the ship's master and the chief engineer of the Greek cargo vessel M/V Amorgos were prevented from leaving the island for 8 months while the Environmental Protection Agency negotiated with the shipping company's agent on compensation for damages caused by an oil spill when the ship ran aground off the coast of southern Taiwan on January 14. They were allowed to depart the island in August. (references)

Economic History

Lebanon

MEW is keen to develop a Water Master Plan for Lebanon. (references)

Philippines

Master Franchise fees vary from $100,000-$400,000, depending on the type of business. (references)

Korea

A Korean master franchisee can be either a large corporation or a small-sized enterprise. (references)

Human Rights

Armenia

On May 20, the master sergeant of a military unit in Noyemberian, Suren Levon Abrahamian, was killed on duty near the village of Voskehat. (references)

Indigenous People

Gabon

The NGO described the children born to Pygmy families in these situations as the "property" of the master. (references)

Panama

Since indigenous populations infrequently master Spanish and are unfamiliar with the country's legal system, they often misunderstand their rights and fail to employ legal channels when threatened. (references)

Political Economy

MALAYSIA

Banking: In March 2001, the Central Bank unveiled its 10-year Financial Sector Master Plan for developing a more competitive and resilient financial system. (references)

MALAYSIA

Insurance: The Financial Sector Master Plan also recommends phased liberalization of the insurance industry, including lifting restrictions on employment by expatriate specialists, increasing caps on foreign equity, and opening the reinsurance industry to competition. (references)

MALAYSIA

In February 2001, the Securities Commission released its Capital Markets Master Plan, which features liberalized foreign participation limits by 2003, at which time foreigners would be permitted to purchase a limited number of existing stockbroking licenses and take a majority stake in unit trust management. (references)

Trade

Taiwan

Department of Health authorities continue to require the submission of detailed plant master files (PMF) as part of the registration and approval process for new drugs. (references)

China

EX-IM Bank currently has master credit agreements with both Bank of China and China Development Bank, but can also work with other Chinese banks, including China Construction Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China and Bank of Communications. (references)

Vietnam

The regulation entitled Decision No. 178/1999/QD-TTg dated 30 August 1999, and amended by Decision No. 95/2000/QD-TTg dated August 15, 2000, was effective starting January 1, 2001. According to this regulation, new labels must be affixed displaying the name of the product, name and address of the manufacturer or trader liable for the product, quantity, detailed composition, master quality inspection, and manufacturing and expiration date. (references)

Travel

South Africa

Overseas credit cards such as American Express, Master Card, Visa, and Diners Club can be used to pay locally. (references)

Austria

The most common are "Doktor" (a university degree similar to the U.S. doctorate), "Magister" (similar to the U.S. master of arts), and "Diplom Ingenieur" (similar to the U.S. master of science). (references)

Worker Rights

Mauritania

Several inheritance disputes between Haratines and the descendants of their former master were adjudicated in court in recent years. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The Lord is my master

A master of horses

Master

Idol or master of the house

Master of the opening

Master of the palm-tree

Master

Master of the treasure

My master

Master of the wardrobe

Master

Master

Master

Expressions using "master": a post master ♦ aerodrome master plan ♦ artwork master ♦ assay master ♦ assistant harbour master ♦ assistant master ♦ baggage master ♦ ballet master ♦ barrack master ♦ be a past master in ♦ be master ♦ be master of ♦ be master of one's time ♦ be one's own master ♦ become master ♦ bee master ♦ bikeways master plan ♦ bus master ♦ Bush master ♦ careers master ♦ cesium atomic master clock ♦ Chapel master ♦ chess master ♦ chief master sergeant ♦ chief master sergeant of first airspace ♦ choir master ♦ chorus master ♦ dancing master ♦ drill master ♦ fencing master ♦ Fire master ♦ flock master ♦ Forage master ♦ game master ♦ games master ♦ Gang master ♦ gild master ♦ Grand master ♦ Great master ♦ greek master ♦ guild master ♦ Harbor master ♦ harbour master ♦ have a master degree ♦ hold master ♦ Ice master ♦ intermediate master ♦ iron master ♦ Job master ♦ jump master ♦ Language master ♦ like master ♦ like master like man ♦ master a difficulty ♦ master address file ♦ master aircrew ♦ master analysis ♦ master analysis area ♦ master and mistress ♦ master baker ♦ master bedroom ♦ master borer ♦ master builder ♦ master bushing ♦ master card ♦ master carpenter ♦ Master Chief Petty Officer ♦ master class ♦ master cock ♦ master commandant ♦ master component ♦ master computer ♦ master control unit ♦ master copy ♦ master cylinder ♦ master degree ♦ master depot ♦ master disk ♦ master drawing ♦ master drum ♦ master file ♦ master files ♦ master film ♦ master group ♦ master gunner ♦ master hand ♦ master head ♦ master in business ♦ Master in chancery ♦ master in Public Affairs ♦ master in the art of living ♦ master international frequency register ♦ master items ♦ Master joint ♦ master key ♦ Master lode ♦ Master mariner ♦ master mason ♦ master mind ♦ master mode ♦ master of Architecture. Additional references.

Beginning with "master": master-a, master-and-servant, master-apprentice, master-at-arms, master-baker, master-blaster, master-bowman, master-builder, master-builders, master-buyer, master-carpenter, master-class, master-classes, master-conspirators, master-copy, master-courtier, master-craftsman, master-craftsmen, master-disc, master-faker, master-general, master-in-charge, master-key, master-lacquer, master-lacquers, master-level, master-man, master-manipulators, master-manufacturer, master-manufacturers, master-mariner, master-mason, master-minded, master-minding, master-minds, master-miner, Master-peece, master-pianists, master-piece, master-pieces, master-plan, master-planner, master-plans, master-politician, master-principle, master-pupil, master-race, master-sculptor, master-sergeant, master-servant, master-skills, Master-slave, master-smith, master-spy, master-strategist, master-stroke, master-strokes, master-sweep, Master-table, master-tailor, master-tanner, master-tape, master-to-man, master-trope, master-wax, master-work.

Ending with "master": garden-master, school-master, station-master, writing-master.

Afrikaans

baas (boss, chief, leader). (various references)

Albanian

mjeshtër (artificer, artisan, artist, dab, jack of all trades, mechanic, nailer, nark, old hand, overseer, workman), zotëroj (command, dominate, have, hold, manage, own, possess, wield), zot (creator, Dan, demiurge, divinity, Don, God, godhead, heaven, Lord, manager, Monsieur, mynheer, overlord, Sahib), usta (dab, journeyman), udhëzues (director, directory, guiding, instructive, instructor, leader, manager, manual, runner, supervisor), shtie në dorë (get into, lay one's hands on, nail down, secure, seize on), pronar (boss, holder, landlord, manager, owner, proprietary, proprietor), padron, njoh me themel, nënshtroj (enslave, reduce, subdue, subject, subjugate, submit, subordinate, vanquish), kontrolloj (check, control, examine, go through, guard, inspect, look over, make certain, perambulate, peruse, probe, ransack, review, revise, search, superintend, supervise, take charge of, take stock, verify, watch), kapiten anijeje. (various references)

Arabic 

‏سيد (liege, mister, mr., sir), ‏رئيس مؤسسة, ‏رئيسي (arch, arterial, broad, cardinal, central, chief, foremost, fundamental, head on, key-, leading, main, major, masterful, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, sovereign, staple), ‏رب العمل (patron), ‏ربان (boatswain, captain, navigator, pilot, rabbi, skipper), ‏روض (break, break in, domesticate, gentle, manage, school, tame, thaw, train), ‏السيد (gentleman, lord, seiner), ‏الحاكم (governor, prefect, ruler), ‏المتغلب, ‏المنتصر (victor), ‏برع في, ‏خط رئيسي, استاذ (teacher), ‏سيطر (boss, command, control, dominate, govern, grip, keep, overcome, overpower, possess, predominate, reign, repress, rule, sew up, take control, wield), ‏تخصص (expertise, specialization, specialty), ‏تغلب (beat, conquer, cope, crumple, get over, get past, get the better of, knock down, negotiate, outdo, overbear, overcome, predomination, pull through, quench, ride, vanquish, whack, worst), ‏ولي الأمر (superior), ‏مدرس (beak, pedagogue, regent, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, tutor), ‏ماجستير, ‏كبح (arrest, bridle, check, contain, control, curb, hamper, hinder, hold, hold back, inhibit, inhibition, keep back, keep down, keep under control, leash, press, prevent, rein, repress, repression, restrain, restraint, steady, subdual, subdue, suppress, suppression, tame, withhold), ‏فنان (artist, maestro, performer, songster), رب (lord, owner), ‏خبير (experienced, expert, old, old hand, practiced, proficient, pundit, skilled). (various references)

Bulgarian 

овладявам (dominate, govern, invade, obsess, overcome, overmaster, overpower, permeate, possess, pull together), побеждавам (beat, conquer, defeat, down, fight down, foil, have, lace, lick, mop up, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overthrow, overturn, pip, polish off, prevail, scupper, thrash, triumph, trounce, vanquish, whip, whop, win, worst, zap), повелител (overlord, sovereign), преодолявам (bear down, break through, fight, get over, hurdle, live down, negotiate, overcome, overmaster, overpass, overpower, override, overrule, pass over, prevail, ride out, surmount, vanquish, win through), експерт (adept, consultant, expert, judge, proficient, sharp), еталонен, еталонен калибър, занаятчия (artificer, artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operative, tradesman, workman), маестро (maestro), майстор (artificer, artisan, artist, craftsman, dab, foreman, hand, swell, workman), магистър, изучавам (educate, examine, explore, probe, read, read up, study), образцов (classic, classical, exemplary, ideal, model, pattern, show, standard), усвоявам (acquire, adopt, assimilate, catch up, digest, naturalize, take up), водещ (anchorman, fetid, leading), глава на семейство (breadwinner, house-father, householder, paterfamilias, provider), главен (arterial, capital, chief, decuman, general, grand, head, high, leading, magistral, main, major, pivotal, premier, primary, prime, principal, stellar), господин (baboo, gent, gentleman, mr.), господар (arbiter, boss, governor, padrone, prince, proprietor, ruler, sircar), капитан на търговски кораб (master mariner), контролен (check, control, inspectoral, inspectorial, pilot, supervisory), работодател (employer, gaffer, padrone), собственик (holder, operator, owner, possessor, propraetor, proprietor), укротявам (break in, calm down, cow, manage, mollify, pacify, settle, subdue, tame, twit), учител (dominie, educator, guru, instructor, pedagogue, preceptor, schoolman, schoolmaster, teacher), надделявам над (outweigh, overbear). (various references)

Chinese 

霸 (feudal chief, hegemon, lord, rhenium, rule by force, tyrant, usurp), 萬事達 , 大師 (great master), 大师 (Masters), 主人翁 , 主人 (host), 主 (lord, primary, to host, to own), 師傅 (a qualified worker), 師 (a division, expert, model, teacher). (various references)

Czech

mistr (champion, foreman), magistr (druggist), zvládnout (manage), znalec (adept, cognoscente, connoisseur, expert, judge), uèitel (dominie, mentor, preceptor, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, teacher), rektor (rector), přemoci (conquer, defeat, fight down, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, prostrate, reduce, stifle, surmount, swallow, vanquish), pán (gent, gentleman, Lord, Mister, overlord, sirrah), kapitán (captain, skipper). (various references)

Danish

mester, master, målestandard (measurement standard, standard), målenorm (measurement standard, standard), standardform (measurement standard, standard), skibsfoerer (ship's captain), skibsfører (skipper), original (copy, original), kopiskabelon (master copy, master plate, template), kaptajn (captain). (various references)

Dutch

meester worden, licentiaat (bachelor), baas (boss, chief, leader, superior). (various references)

Esperanto

mastro (boss), majstro (maestro), magistro, ellerni. (various references)

Faeroese

meistari (adept, maestro), vertur (boss), húsbóndi (boss). (various references)

Farsi 

پیر (Ancient, Doddering, Gray, Old, Oldster, Preceptor), مرشد (Mentor, Preceptor), مدیر (Director, Helmsman, Manager, Padrone), چیره دست (Adroit, Dexterous, Dextrous), کارفرما (Employer, Taskmaster), تسلطیافتن بر, خوب یادگرفتن , استادشدن , استاد (Adept, Professor), ارباب (Boss, Esquire, Lord, Overlord, Padrone, Squire), رام کردن (Bridle, Daunt, Gentle, Subdue), رءیس (Administer, Arch, Chairman, Chief, Dean, Director, Head, Header, Headman, Headmaster, Premier(Re), President, Principal, Provost, Regent, Ruler, Sheikh, Warden), دانشور (Scholar). (various references)

Finnish

isäntä (boss, employer, farmer, head of the house, host, landlord), mestari (adept, champion, expert, maestro), kapteeni (captain). (various references)

French

patron, maître (maestro), commandant (joint mandator, major), capitaine. (various references)

Frisian

master (boss, chief, leader). (various references)

German

Meister (adept, boss, Buster, champion, chief, foreman, Lord, Mac, maestro, masters, showman), Master (master of foxhounds, master of hounds), Kapitän (captain, master mariner, skip, skipper), Herr (arbiter, boss, chief, gent, gentleman, leader, Lord, mister, mr, mr., ruler, signor, Sir), gebieter (arbiter, commander, lord), Druckvorlage (camera-ready copy, lithogrph, manuscript, setting copy), beherrschen (control, curb, dominate, govern, guard, monopolize, possess, restrain, rule, to control). (various references)

Greek 

πρότυπο (archetype, exemplar, model, norm, pattern, standard), δεξιοτέχνης (skilful), διδάσκαλοσ (dominie, instructor, pedagogue, preceptor, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, teacher), διαφεντεύω, αφέντης (lord), αυθέντησ (seignior), άρχοντασ (grandee, liege, Lord, magistrate, magnate, sire, squire, suzerain), επιτελής, εμποροπλοίαρχος (ship's captain), εργοδηγός (foreman), δάσκαλοσ (schoolmaster, teacher), πρωτότυπο (blueprint, original, prototype, script, top copy), κύρια οντότητα, πρότυπο μέτρησης (measurement standard, standard), πρόπλασμα (architectural model, artwork master, dummy, master drawing, mock up, model, preform, scale model), μάστερ, γίνομαι κάτοχοσ, κατέχω (have, hold, occupy, own, possess), καπετάνιος (captain), κύριος (chief, foremost, gent, gentleman, main, staple), κύριοςκυριαρχώ, κύριοσ (capital, chief, dominant, esquire, gentleman, leading, liege, main, monsignor, mr, principal, proper, seignior), υπερνικώ (conquer, get over, negotiate, surmount, vanquish). (various references)

Hebrew 

להשתלט (boss, command, dominate, have control, overpower, overrule, seize, take control), רבון (sovereign), בעל (husband, man, owner, possessor, spouse), גביר (nabob, rich man), אב (ancestor, chief, creator, father, parent, pater, principal, progenitor, teacher), אדון (commander, mister, mr., owner, possesor, proprietor, ruler), אומן (artist, craftsman), קברניט (captain, skipper), רב (considerable, enough, goodly, great, many, minister, much, numerous, rabbi, teacher), לנהל (administer, boss, conduct, direct, keep, lead, manage, run), מומחה (adept, dab, expert, past master, specialist), להתגבר על- (make up for, overcome, surmount), להתמחות (become an expert, major, practice, specialize), לשלוט (be proficient, command, control, dominate, govern, grip, manage, predominate, rule), למשול (govern, rule), מוסמך (authentic, authorized, certificated, certified, competent, graduate, ordained, qualified), מורה (educator, instructor, mutinous, preceptor, rebel, rebellious, schoolmaster, schoolmistress, schoolteacher, teacher, tutor), מושל (governor, ruler, suzerain), שליט (emperor, governor, potentate, ruler, sovereign). (various references)

Hungarian

fiatalúr (young man). (various references)

Icelandic

verktaki (builder, building contractor, contractor, master builder). (various references)

Indonesian

menguasai (command, dominate, govern, take charge), ustadz (lord), ustad (lord, schoolmaster, teacher), tuan rumah (host), pemilik (owner). (various references)

Irish

máistir. (various references)

Italian

padrone (boss, chief, host, landlord, Lord, manager, owner, padrone), principale (boss, capital, chief, employer, foremost, grand, head, leading, main, major, manager, overriding, primal, primary, prime, principal, staple, uppermost), master, maestro (boss, instructor, maestro, main, masterly, schoolmaster, teacher), dominare (be on top of things, command, control, control oneself, curb, dominate, govern, Lord, order, overbear, overlook, overmaster, overrule, predominate, restrain, rule, subdue, sway, walk over). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

亭主 (host, husband, innkeeper, landlord), 巨匠 (maestro, masterhand), 主人 (employer, head, host, landlord, one's husband), 主 (chief, employer, god, head, host, important, landlord, lord, lover, main, one's husband, owner, principal), 師匠 (teacher). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きょしょう (falling tone, maestro, masterhand, proof, wealthy merchant), だんな (husband), ていしゅ (bow, host, husband, innkeeper, landlord), みょうしゅ (expert, exquisite beauty or charms, virtuoso), あるじ (employer, head, host, landlord, one's husband), めいじん (expert), こくしゅ (daimyo, king, noted doctor, skilled physician, sovereign), せんせい (abjuration, ancient sage, autocracy, Confucius, despotism, doctor, headstart, oath, preempt, teacher), つかいて (consumer, employer, prodigal, spendthrift, user), ぬし (god, lover, owner), し (arbitrariness, below, calling card, city, civil service, death, decease, document, extravagance, four, luxury, magazine, next, official, offspring, one's mentor, order, poem, pride, recollect, records, relish, remember, selfishness, sequence, show a liking for, teacher, the Reverend, times, verse of poetry), くんてき (guide, teach), たつじん (expert), しゅ (actor, kind, lord, species, supporting post, tumor, variety), しゅじん (employer, head, host, landlord, one's husband), しゅくん (lord, meritorious deeds), そうしょう (contentious, dispute by legal action, general term, inheritance, symmetry, teacher, wound), ししょう (anthology, cabinetmaker, casualties, difficulty, embezzlement, hindrance, impediment, injuries and deaths, obstacle, poetry and prose, puncture wound, stab, stabbing, stimulation, teacher, thalamus, unlicensed prostitute, woodworker), マスタ , マスター (barowner, manager, proprietor), おやかた, おおだんな (head of household, man of the house, principal supporter of a temple), くん (boy, Mr, native Japanese readingof a Chinese character). (various references)

Korean 

주인 (host, Masters). (various references)

Manx

smaghtey (castigate, chasten, chastening, check, checking, control, curb, discipline, manage, repression, suppress), smaghtaghey (afflict, castigation, chasten, chastening, chastisement, check, control, correct, correct as child, discipline, govern, mortify, overmaster, restrain, subject, taming), mainshtyragh (bossy, domineering), mainshtyr (boss, guv'nor, old boy, ringmaster, skipper, taskmaster), mainshter (boss, mister), fer ynsee (male teacher, schoolteacher). (various references)

Norwegian

byggmester (builder, building contractor, contractor, master builder). (various references)

Papiamen

maestro (adept, maestro), doktorandus. (various references)

Pig Latin

astermay.(various references)

Polish

wyuczyć się, nauczyć się. (various references)

Portuguese

mestre (adept, boss, educator, gaffer, governor, instructor, maestro, nailer, teacher), amo (boss, gentleman, lord, love, Mister, Mr., sir), senhor (baboo, boss, compere, gentleman, lord, man, Mister, Mr., paramount, sir, you), principal (boss, broad, cardinal, central, chief, essential, firm in one's principles, first, flyaway, foremost, head, high, highlight, keynote, king, leading, main, major, parent, pivotal, preparative, primal, slip-on, substantial), patrão (boss, compere, employer, foreman, gentleman, lord, Mister, Mr., overlord, patron, sir), dono (boss, compere, holder, keeper, occupant, occupier, proprietor). (various references)

Romanian

meşter (artisan, artist, dabster, expert, skilful, skillful, tradesman), maestru (artistic, artistical, dabster, expert, maestro), învãţa (bone, drill, educate, ground, indoctrinate, instruct, inure, learn, read, school, study, teach, train), învãţãtor (pedagogue, school teacher, schoolman, schoolmaster, teacher, usher), învinge (beat, best, break through, circumvent, conquer, defeat, discomfit, dispose, drub, flog, floor, get the better of, knock, overcome, overmaster, overpower, pull through, reason down, surmount, thrash, vanquish, whip, win, win over, worst), a-şi însuşi (appropriate), administrator (administrator, bailiff, director, economist, governor, housekeeper, janitor, land agent, manager, receiver, reeve, steward, suitor, superintendent, trustee, warden), director de colegiu, îngenunchea (bend, go on one's knees, knee, kneel, subdue, subjugate), înfrânge (bear down, beat down, best, break, curb, defeat, foil, knock, overcome, overmatch, overpower, pip, stifle, vanquish, worsen, worst), birui (conquer, defeat, drub, overbear, overcome, overpower, subdue, surmount, vanquish, win), cãpitan (captain, chief, chieftain, commander, head, shipmaster), comandant (captain, commandant, commander, governor, leader), conducãtor (captain, chief, commander, commanding, conductor, directive, fugleman, governor, guide, head, leader, leading, man at the wheel, manager, principal, ruler, ruling, superintendent, superior, transmitting), conduce (accompany, administer, be in command, boss, boss the show, captain, carry on, charge, command, conduct, control, convey, direct, drive, escort, govern, guide, handle, head, husband, lead, lead the way, manage, operate, order, overrule, pilot, preside, restrain, rule, run, sail, see, see off, show, show up, steer, superintend, supervise, take, wield), şef (boss, cap, captain, chairman, chief, chieftain, foreman, governor, great gun, head, header, headman, leader, manager, president, principal, ringleader, superior), director (administrator, curator, directing, director, executive, governor, guiding, headmaster, manager, principal, rector, steering, superior, warden), subjuga (bend, captivate, conquer, enslave, overmaster, subdue, subject, subjugate, yoke), doctor (adept, d., doctor, leech, physician, pill, pillbox, surgeon), domn (Don, gentleman, king, Lord, owner, prince, Sir), domnul (gentleman, lord, Mister, Mr.), dumnezeu (God, Lord), licenţiat (bachelor, graduate, licentiate), patron (boss, employer, owner, patron, patron saint, paymaster, protector), profesor (academic, pedagogue, pedant, Professor, schoolman, schoolmaster, teacher), proprietar (holder, landlord, Lord, owner, proprietor), se face stãpân pe, stãpân (employer, husband, king, Lord, owner, proprietor, sovereign), stãpânitor (dominator, owner, ruler, ruling, swayer), deprinde (accustom, adopt, habituate, inure, learn, play in, season into). (various references)

Russian 

усвоить (adopt), управлять (administer, administrate, be in control, be in control of, boss, command, conduct, control, govern, have control over, helm, husband, manage, managed, managing, mastermind, move, navigate, navigating, operate, rein, run, run the show, sail, steer, superintend, take control of), справиться (floor, manage with, pull through), специалист (expert personnel, outside expert, past master, specialist, technician), руководить (conduct, fugle, guide, lead, manage, rule, run, run by), хозяин (boss, host, landlord, proprietor, shipmaster), капитан торгового судна (master mariner), владелец (abutter, holder, keeper, owner, possessor, proprietor, wearer), овладевать мастер;эталон основной, одолеть (floor, whop), мастер (artisan, cobbler, craftsman, craftsmen, foreman, monumental mason, nailer, overseer, steamfitter), подчинить себе. (various references)

Scottish

maighstir (Mr., title applied to clergymen of), maighistir, maighstir. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

majstorski (crack-a-jack, magisterial, magistral, masterly), majstor (artificer, artisan, maestro, repairer, repairman), magistar, maestro (maestro), savladati (cope, defeat, fight down, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, scale, surmount, vanquish), potčiniti (bend, subdue, subject, subjugate, submit), osvojiti (capture, conquer, overrun, seize, take, win), original (original), nastavnik (academic, educator, instructor, school teacher, teacher), gospodar (dynast, liege, lord, overman, sahib, sovereign). (various references)

Spanish

patrón (boss, captain, chief, employer, governor, guv, host, landlord, leader, model, patron, pattern, shipmaster, skipper, standard, stock), maestro (crack, Dean, do all, expert, instructor, lecturer, maestro, main, masterful, masterly, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, teacher). (various references)

Sranan

masra (boss, chief, gentleman, husband, leader, lord). (various references)

Swahili

bwana (boss, gentleman, lord, Mr., sir). (various references)

Swedish

mästare (boss, champ, champion, meister, past master, wizard), patron (cartridge, cartridge to a gun, shell, squire), kapten (captain, flight lieutenant, skipper), husbonde, bemästra (get the better of). (various references)

Turkish

master derecesi (m.a., master's degree), esas (authentic, basal, base, basic, basis, beginnings, broad, central, constitutive, corner stone, element, elemental, essence, extract, footing, fortification, foundation, fundamental, guiding, heartbeat, intrinsic, main, nub, parent, pith, pith and marrow, pivotal, postulate, principal, principle, quiddity, radical, staple, substance, sum, the merits, the nub, ultimate, underlying), öğretmen (beak, dominie, indoctrinator, instructor, instructress, mistress, preceptor, preceptress, schoolma'am, schoolmarm, schoolmaster, schoolmistress, schoolteacher, teacher), üstâd (adept, expert, maestro, the master), ağa (Agha, landowner), akıl hocası (adviser, mentor), ana (basic, broad, capital, Cardinal, chief, fundamental, governing, grand, guiding, head, key, leading, main, main part, major, matron, mother, parent, predominant, primary, principal, principle, staple), asıl (actual, authentic, Cardinal, central, elementary, extraction, foundation, fountain-head, gist, groundwork, in chief, intrinsic, main, origin, original, origination, pivotal, principal, principally, provenance, real, root stock, true, virtual), öğrenmek (ascertain, come to know, elicit, get to know, get wise to, hear, imbibe, inform oneself of smth., learn, make acquainted with, make oneself acquainted with, school oneself to, study, wise up to, wit), efendi (arbiter, baas, baboo, blushing, guv, guvnor, husband, Lord, seigneur, Sir, well mannered, well-behaved), yenmek (annihilate, bear down, bear the bell, beat, beat all hollow, best, break, carry away the bell, checkmate, circumvent, clobber, confound, conquer, cut out, defeat, discomfit, down, floor, get the better of, give a beating, knock out, land, lick, outbox, outclass, outdo, outgo, overpower, pip, prevail, skunk, slam, smash, subjugate, surmount, swamp, thrash, trim, triumph, trounce, vanquish, wallop, wear down, whelm, whip, whop, win over, wipe the floor with smb., worst), hakim olmak (become a judge, command, control, dominate, have a command of, hold sway over, possess, predominate, rule over), hoca (hodja, preceptor, prelector, Swami, teacher), kalıp (bar, cake, cast, dies, form, formwork, matrix, model, Mold, mould, Pat, pattern, print, shape, stamp, stencil, tablet, template, templet, timber), kaptan (captain, old man, shipmaster, skip, skipper, the old man), sahip (endowed with, holder, Lord, owner, possessor, proprietor), usta (adept, adroit, artist, connoisseur, constructor, craftsman, dab, dabster, deft, dexterous, experienced, expert, facile, hand, ingenious, intelligent, journeyman, old hand, proficient, shark, skilful, skilled, skillful, slick, subtile, versed, whizz, wise, workman, Wright), baş (arch, arch-, beginning, beginnings, bow, capital, central, chief, coconut, costard, especial, first, foremost, general, governing, grand, head, heading, in chief, initial, knob, leader, nob, noddle, off, outset, potato, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, sconce, top). (various references)

Turkmen 

ussa (craftsman), senetзilik, senetзi (skilled person), яasaяjy (craftsman), hojaяy, halypa (teacher). (various references)

Ukrainian

учитель (beak, instructor, rabbi, rabbin, teacher), справлятися, контрольний (auditorial, check), господар (employer, entertainer, host, proprietor), головний (arch-, basal, basic, broad, capital, captain, cephalic, chief, governing, grand, head, leading, overriding, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, staple, star), основний (basal, base, basic, basilar, capital, central, chief, first, foremost, fundamental, key, main, organic, primary, primitive, principal, quintessence, radical, staple, substantial, ultimate, underlying), оволодівати (acquire, engross, overwhelm), магістр, майстер (artiste, craftsman, deacon, foreman, nailer, overman, overseer, stunner, workman). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thành thạo (expert, professionally, proficient, thoroughpaced, versed), tài giỏi (clever, masterly, proficient), người tinh thông người làm chủ, người thành thạo (connoisseur), người kiềm chế thợ cả đấu trường, người học rộng tài cao, người đứng đầu (head), làm chủ, chủ (employer, proprietor), bậc thầy (magistrally, past master), đứng đầu bậc thầy. (various references)

Welsh

meistroli, meistr (boss), athro (instructor, professor, teacher). (various references)

Zulu

umakhonya (boss, chief, leader). (various references)

tyrannos. (various references)

domantur, domare, domat, domate, domatis, domine, domini, dominis, domino, dominorum, dominos, dominum, dominus, dominus domno, domita, domo, domui, ericus, eris, erisque, ero, eroque, erus, magister, magistri, magistris, magistro, magistrorum, magistros, magistrum, rabbi, rabboni, rector, tene, teneamus, teneant, teneat, teneatur, tenebam, tenebant, tenebantur, tenebas, tenebat, tenebatque, tenebatur, teneberis, tenebis, tenebit, tenebitur, tenebo, tenebunt, tenendam, tenens, tenensque, tenent, tenente, tenentem, tenentes, tenentium, tenentur, tenere, tenerem, tenerent, teneret, teneri, tenes, tenet, tenete, tenetis, tenetur, tenuerint, tenueris, tenuerit, tenuerunt, tenui, tenuisse, tenuisti, tenuit, tyrannus, vinco vici victum. (various references)

ratavô. (various references)

decanus. (various references)

frea, hlaford. (various references)

mawla. (various references)

meesterstuk. (various references)

patronus. (various references)

patron. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "master": mastered, masterful, masterfully, masterfulness, masterfulnesses, masteries, mastering, masterliness, masterlinesses, masterly, mastermind, masterminded, masterminding, masterminds, masterpiece, masterpieces, masters, mastership, masterships, mastersinger, mastersingers, masterstroke, masterstrokes, masterwork, masterworks, mastery. (additional references)

Words ending with "master": bandmaster, burgomaster, bushmaster, choirmaster, concertmaster, dockmaster, drillmaster, grandmaster, harbormaster, headmaster, housemaster, ironmaster, loadmaster, overmaster, paymaster, postmaster, quartermaster, quizmaster, remaster, ringmaster, schoolmaster, scoutmaster, shipmaster, spymaster, stationmaster, taskmaster, toastmaster, truckmaster, wharfmaster, whoremaster, yardmaster. (additional references)

Words containing "master": bandmasters, burgomasters, bushmasters, choirmasters, concertmasters, dockmasters, drillmasters, grandmasters, harbormasters, headmasters, headmastership, headmasterships, housemasters, ironmasters, loadmasters, overmastered, overmastering, overmasters, paymasters, postmasters, postmastership, postmasterships, quartermasters, quizmasters, remastered, remastering, remasters, ringmasters, schoolmasterish, schoolmasterly, schoolmasters, scoutmasters, shipmasters, spymasters, stationmasters, stigmasterol, stigmasterols, taskmasters, toastmasters, truckmasters, wharfmasters, whoremasters, yardmasters. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Master" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amsteg, amster, cmaster, Kastar, Kaster, Maasberg, maaster, Maestag, maftir, Magstore, Majstey, malter, Marter, Maschler, Masetti, Mashtaq, masster, masta, mastard, maste, mastec, mastern, masti, Mastin, masto, Mastr, mastur, Masutti, matar, mateir, Matsa, Matsuri, Mausner, Mauter, Mautner, mawther, Mcactear, Mcaister, mesta, meste, Mester, mestre, mestret, Mialster, miester, misster, mistek, mistel, mis-ter, mistere, Mistero, misther, mistir, mistur, mnster, mostar, Mostek, mpstat, mustern, myster, Mystre. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: armets, maters, matres, ramets, stream, tamers.

-1 letter: armet, aster, mares, marse, marts, maser, mater, mates, meats, ramet, rates, reams, satem, smart, smear, stare, steam, tamer, tames, tares, teams, tears, terms, trams.

-2 letters: ares, arms, arse, arts, ates, ears, east, eats, eras, erst, etas, maes, mare, mars, mart, mast, mate, mats, meat, mesa, meta, rams, rase, rate, rats, ream, rems.

+1 letter: armlets, armrest, hamster, imarets, lamster, maestri, maestro, markets, martens, masters, mastery, matters, matures, misrate, ramjets, remates, restamp, reteams, sarment, smarted, smarten, smarter, smartie, smatter, stammer, stamper, steamer, streams, streamy, strumae, tampers, tramels, warmest.

+2 letters: airtimes, amateurs, amirates, ammeters, amortise, amreetas, armrests, asterism, atomiser, barmiest, bromates, ceramist, cremates, emeritas, emirates, fermatas, foremast, formates, gamester, garments, hamsters, lamberts, lamister, lamsters, maestros, magister, maltster, margents, marliest, marlites, marmites, marmoset, martlets, masseter, mastered, masterly, matchers, matrices, matrixes, mattress, maturest, meerkats, megastar, menstrua, metamers, migrates, minarets, misalter, misrated, misrates, mistaker, mistrace, mistreat, monstera, muriates, onstream, prestamp, primates, raftsmen, ragtimes, raiments, rammiest, readmits, rearmost, remaster, remnants, restamps, sarmenta, sarments, scimetar, scramjet, seamster, seriatim, smartens, smartest, smarties, smatters, stammers, stampers, staumrel, steamers, steamier, stemware, sterigma, streamed, streamer, teamster, tearooms, temperas, templars, tempuras, teraohms, teratism, thermals, tonearms, tramells, tramless, trammels, trampers, tramples, trashmen, upstream, varments, vitamers, wartimes.