Word Meanings - MASTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A vessel having masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MASTER)

• Adept
• Expert
• adroit
• handy
• master
• performer
• professor
• artist
• Attain
• Reach
• extend
• arrive at
• compass
• earn
• win
• achieve
• accomplish
• get
• obtain
• acquire
• gain
• secure
• grasp
• Bridle
• Curb
• restrain
• govern
• control
• moderate
• compress
• Conquer
• Subdue
• vanquish
• surmount
• overcome
• overpower
• overthrow
• defeat
• crush
• subjugate
• prevail over
• Director
• Ruler
• controller
• manager
• leader
• guide

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of MASTER)

• Expand
• disband
• unfold
• amplify
• display
• dismiss
• liberate
• discard
• fail
• bungle
• botch
• misconceive
• mismanage
• misconstrue
• Neglect
• abandon
• license
• berate
• free
• misconduct
• Secure
• promote
• insure
• speed
• advance
• establish
• aid
• Loosen
• betray
• surrender
• expose
• imperil
• endanger
• open

Related words: (words related to MASTER)

• SPECTACLE
  An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light. 4. pl. (more info) 1. Something exhibited to view; usually,
• PROFESSORY
  Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial. Bacon.
• SPERMATOCYTE
  See SPERMOBLAST
• EXPERT
  Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery. A valiant and most expert
• SPECIFICNESS
  The quality or state of being specific.
• DISMISSIVE
  Giving dismission.
• SPERMATIC
  Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. Spermatic cord , the cord which suspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of a connective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct and accompanying
• COMPASSIONATELY
  In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon.
• SPERMATICAL
  Spermatic.
• PROFESSORIALISM
  The character, manners, or habits of a professor.
• SPECTROGRAPH
  An apparatus for photographing or mapping a spectrum. A photograph or picture of a spectrum. -- Spec`tro*graph"ic , a. --Spec`tro*graph"ic*al*ly , adv. --Spec*trog"ra*phy , n.
• ARTISTE
  One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook. Note: This term should not be confounded with the English word artist.
• SPECK
  The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. Speck falls , falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel.
• RESTRAINABLE
  Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
• SPECE
  Species; kind. Chaucer.
• SPECTATORSHIP
  1. The office or quality of a spectator. Addison. 2. The act of beholding. Shak.
• PROFESSORIAT
  See PROFESSORIATE
• ATTAIN
  atteindre, fr. L. attingere; ad + tangere to touch, reach. See 1. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest. Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the means Abp. Tillotson. 3. To get
• DISMISSAL
  Dismission; discharge. Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley.
• MISMANAGER
  One who manages ill.
• OUTPREACH
  To surpass in preaching. And for a villain's quick conversion A pillory can outpreach a parson. Trumbull.
• CREMASTERIC
  Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
• ASPER
  Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. "An asper sound." Bacon.
• ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS
  Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
• CHARTIST
  A supporter or partisan of chartism.
• BAGGAGE MASTER
  One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.
• DISPENSE
  1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott. 2.
• MISPENSE
  See HALL
• OOSPERM; OOESPERM
  The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation. Balfour.
• INDISPENSABLENESS
  The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary. S. Clarke.