masternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmɑː.stər/us/ˈmæs.tɚ/master noun [ C ] (CONTROLLER)
B2 the person who owns, cares for, and controls an animal:
a person who employs a servant or owns a slave:
a person who has control over a particular situation:
the captain of a ship that carries goods :
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- The dog trotted obediently to his master.
- The dog saved its master's life.
- Masters could beat their slaves without fear of punishment.
- Servants had to obey their masters.
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People in charge of or controlling other people
- administrator
- authority
- bureaucrat
- chairman
- chairperson
- giant
- Goliath
- guiding spirit
- headman
- helicopter parent
- hierarchy
- leader
- marshal
- on high idiom
- operator
- overlord
- paymaster
- pillar
- powerhouse
- your lord and master idiom
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master noun [ C ] (SKILLED PERSON)
C2 a person who is very skilled in a particular job or activity:
a famous and very skilled painter:
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- James Brown is the master of funk.
- He considered himself a master of witty banter.
- He was a master of stratagem.
- She was master of the sarcastic comment.
- He is a master craftsman.
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Experts and specialists
- a mine of information idiom
- academician
- authority
- boffin
- buff
- child prodigy
- doyen
- high priest
- hotshot
- know sth inside out idiom
- literati
- maven
- resident
- skilled
- superuser
- supremo
- techie
- technician
- technocracy
- virtuoso
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master noun [ C ] (TEACHER)
UK old-fashioned a male school teacher:
(in the UK) the head of some schools or university colleges :
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Teachers
- academician
- associate professor
- board of education
- dean
- docent
- handler
- headteacher
- housemaster
- housemistress
- instructor
- lecturer
- mentor
- professor
- professorial
- professorship
- rector
- residence
- scribe
- trainer
- tutor
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master noun [ C ] (TITLE)
old-fashioned used before the name of a boy who is too young to be called "Mr":
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Royalty, aristocracy & titles
- accession
- archduke
- aristocracy
- aristocrat
- baron
- ennoble
- er
- esquire
- grace
- hereditary peer
- monarchist
- Mr
- Mrs
- nobility
- noble
- sheikh
- sire
- sovereign
- squire
- sultan
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master noun [ C ] (COPY)
an original version of something from which copies can be made:
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Samples and examples
- advertisement
- aliquot
- archetype
- benchmark
- classical
- core
- cross-section
- for instance idiom
- forerunner
- illustration
- instance
- job
- quintessence
- role model
- sample
- showpiece
- sort
- specimen
- swatch
- taste
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Idiom(s)
masterverb [ T ]
uk/ˈmɑː.stər/us/ˈmæs.tɚ/master verb [ T ] (CONTROL)
to learn to control an emotion or feeling:
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Self-control and moderation
- ahold
- be in command (of yourself) idiom
- collect
- constraint
- continent
- cut your coat according to your cloth idiom
- decorous
- dignified
- grip
- impervious
- lightly
- mind over matter idiom
- moderation
- moderation in all things idiom
- monastic
- restrict
- restrict yourself to sth
- rise above sth
- self-controlled
- self-denial
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master verb [ T ] (LEARN)
to learn how to do something well:
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Learning & knowing
- assimilate
- autodidact
- blended learning
- bone up
- brain training
- by-heart
- deskill
- feel
- gen up
- hear tell (of) idiom
- know better (than sb) idiom
- knowable
- mug
- mug (sth) up
- pick sth up
- quick
- reskill
- revision
- specialize
- tell
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masteradjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈmɑː.stər/us/ˈmæs.tɚ/extremely skilled:
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Skilled, talented and able
- able
- ably
- accomplished
- adept
- adroit
- expert
- gifted
- handy
- have a nice, good, etc. line in sth idiom
- have inner resources idiom
- intimate 1
- polished
- practised
- preen
- proficient
- proficiently
- qualified
- slick
- with the best of them idiom
- workmanlike
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