It's quite difficult to master French in 2 or 3 years.
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Master
//ˈmɑːs.tə//
Synonyms for "master" (611 found)
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Closest matches (123)
chiefdominateheadmastermaestroovercomeskippervictora per seabecedarianabsorbacademic deanaceadeptadministrationadministratorall-absorbingamicus curiaeancestorsappreciateapprehend
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apprenticearcharchitectart objectart workartificerartisanartistartisteascendantassessorassimilateat the headattain mastery ofauthorauthoritybaccalaureatebaccalaureusbachelorbackbannerbarmasterbasicbe with onebeatbeat downbecome adept inbegetterbeginnerbendbeneficiarybestbestridebig bossbig cheesebig wheelbiggestboatswainbossboyboyfriendbrainchildbreakbreak downbric-a-bracbridlebring lowbring to termsbubbubbabuckbudbuddybuildercapitalcaptaincardinalcastellancatchcatch oncentralcertified teachercestuicestui que trustcestui que usechampchampionchancellorchatelainchatelainecheckchefchief engineerchief matechieftaincircuit judgeclassiccockcoltcommandcommandantcommandercommandingcompositioncomprehendconceiveconceiverconquerconquering heroconquerorconquistadorconstructorcontrolcontrollercontrolling
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (183)
Noun(11 words)
copyistcountry gentlemancrackcrackerjackcraftsmancraftswomancreationcreatorcrowningcrushcubdauberdaubsterdeandean of mendean of womendeck officerdeedholderdefeaterdegree
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designdesignerdeviserdictatedigdigestdirectordiscovererdocentdoctordoctoratedomesticatedomesticizedomiciliatedominantdominiedondowndoyendoyenneeasy winnereducationisteducatoreffectorelderelder statesmanemiremployerengendererengineerenthrallestablishing shotexecutiveexecutorexecutrixexperiencedexpertfatherfathomfellfellowfeoffeefeudatoryfirstfirst-raterflattenfledglingfocalfollowforemostfounderfuglemangaffergarcongeneralgeneratorgeniusgetget down coldget down patget hangget hold ofget tapedget the driftget the ideaget the pictureget up ongiftedgood handgoverngoverninggovernorgraspgreatgreat soulgrotesquegrowerguideguruhandicraftsmanhavehave it tapedhave the ascendancyheadheadmanheadmistressheadmosthegemonichegemonisticherohigh priesthigher uphigher-uphighesthobbledehoyhonchohouseholderhumblehumiliatehurdlehusbandilluminateimportant personin ascendancyin chargein chiefin the ascendantinauguratorindustrialistingeniousinitiatorinstigatorinstitutorinstructorintellectintellectualintendantintroducerinventorjajourneymanjudge advocatejudge ordinaryjuratjustice in eyrejustice of assizekenkhankingfishkingpinkitschknowknow wellladladdielairdlandladylandlordlaureatelay down the lawlay judgelead by the noseleaderleadinglearnlearn the ropeslegal assessorlick
Verb(4 words)
Related words (305)
liegelordloverlover of wisdommagicianmagisterialmagistratemahatmamainmakermanman of geniusman of intellectman of wisdommanagermanchildmandarinmanufacturermaster carpentermaster craftsman
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master handmaster's degreemasterfulmasterlymastermindmasterpiecemastersmasterworkmatemavenmechanicmelamedmentormesnemesne lordmilitary judgemissusmistressmobilemonarchmostmothermovermuchachomullahmuseum piecenaval officernavigating officernavigatornonpareilnudeodofficerold handold masterombudsmanoracleordinaryorganizeroriginatoroveralloverbearingoverlordovermasteroverpoweroverrideoverridingoverrulingoverseeroverthrowoverwhelmownerpadronepancratiastpanditparagonparamountparamourpasskeypastpast masterpasticciopastichepaterfamiliaspatriarchpatronpedagogistpedagoguepersonagephilosopherpickpick uppiecepiece of virtupipesplannerplay first fiddlepolice judgepracticed handpreceptorprecursorpredominantpredominatepreeminentpremierprenticeprepollentpreponderantpreponderateprepotentpresidentpresiding judgeprevailprevailingprevalentprimalprimaryprimeprime moverprincipalproprobate judgeprodigyproducerprofessionalprofessorproficientproprietaryproprietorproprietressproprietrixprostrateprovostpuisne judgepunditpuppuppyput downquartermasterquellrabbiraiserrankingreadrealizerealizerrecorderrectorreduceregnantregulatingregulativeregulatoryreigningrentierrepressride downrishirulerule the roostrulerrulingrunner uprunner-upsagesahibsailing mastersapientsavantsavvyscholarschoolboyschoolkeeperschoolmasterschoolteachersecond mateseerseigneurseizeseize the meaningseniorsenseshapershipmastershoo inshoo-insireskilledskilled handskillfulsmashsmithsonnysonny boysovereignspecialistsquirestabilestarstare downstaretsstatuestellarstill lifestudysubduesubduersubjugatesubjugatorsupereminentsuperintendentsuperiorsupermansuperstarsupervisorsuppresssupremesure winnersurmountswelltaketake intake the leadtametaskmasterteachertechnicianthe greatestthe mostthe old manthinkerthrowtitleholdertop dogtopflighttopmosttopnotchertrample downtrample underfoottread underfoottriumphtriumphertutortwisttyrannizeunderstandunmanuppermostvanquishvanquishervice-chancellorvirtuvirtuosowatch officerwear the pantswhelpwhizwinnerwise manwise old manwizardworkwork of artwrightyoung manyouth
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4 entriesTranslations
619 translations across 89 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- i zoti noun (expert at something)
- pronar noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- zotni noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- δεσπότης noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- δεσπότης noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- δεσπότης noun (someone who employs others)
- κοίρανος noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Arabic
4 entries- أُصُولِيَّة noun (expert at something)
- أُصُولِيّ noun (expert at something)
- خَبِير noun (expert at something)
- سَيِّد noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Aromanian
2 entries- afendu noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- domnu noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Avar
1 entries- устӏар noun (expert at something)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- usta noun (expert at something)
Basque
2 entries- jabe noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- maisu noun (expert at something)
Belarusian
4 entries- валада́р noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- гаспада́р noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- гаспада́р noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- ма́йстар noun (expert at something)
Bulgarian
4 entries- главен adj (main, principal or predominant)
- майсторски adj (highly skilled)
- оригинален adj (original)
- господа́р noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Buryat
2 entries- эжэн noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- эзэн noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Catalan
3 entries- mestre noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- mestre noun (expert at something)
- masteritzar verb (to make a master copy of)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- وەستا noun (expert at something)
- وەستا noun (tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 主人 noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- 大師 /大师 noun (expert at something)
- 小爺 /小爷 noun (courtesy title for a boy)
- 少爺 /少爷 noun (courtesy title for a boy)
Czech
4 entries- mistr noun (expert at something)
- mistr noun (tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices)
- mistryně noun (expert at something)
- pán noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Dari
1 entries- آقَا noun (courtesy title of a man)
Daur
1 entries- ejin noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Dutch
3 entries- meester noun (expert at something)
- beheersen verb (to learn to a high degree)
- controleren verb (to control)
Esperanto
4 entries- fraŭlo noun (courtesy title of a man)
- magistreco noun (master's degree)
- magistro noun (person holding a master's degree)
- majstro noun (expert at something)
Estonian
2 entries- isand noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- meister noun (expert at something)
Finnish
4 entries- alkuperäinen adj (original)
- mestari adj (highly skilled)
- pää adj (main, principal or predominant)
- taituri adj (highly skilled)
Franco-Provençal
1 entries- maîtro noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
French
3 entries- maître noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- maître noun (expert at something)
- maîtriser verb (to learn to a high degree)
Friulian
4 entries- mestri noun (expert at something)
- mestri noun (tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices)
- paron noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- paron noun (owner of an animal or slave)
Galician
2 entries- amo noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- mestre noun (expert at something)
Georgian
4 entries- ბატონი noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- მაგისტრატურა noun (master's degree)
- მაგისტრი noun (person holding a master's degree)
- მაგისტრის ხარისხი noun (master's degree)
German
4 entries- Frauchen noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- Herrchen noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- Junker noun (courtesy title for a boy)
- Meister noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Greek
4 entries- αυθεντικός adj (original)
- κεντρικός adj (main, principal or predominant)
- κύριος adj (main, principal or predominant)
- αριστοτέχνης noun (expert at something)
Hebrew
2 entries- אָמָּן noun (expert at something)
- בְּעָלִים noun (owner of an animal or slave)
Hindi
4 entries- असल adj (original)
- अस्ल adj (original)
- उस्ताद adj (highly skilled)
- माहिर adj (highly skilled)
Hungarian
4 entries- gazda noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- kapitány noun (captain of a merchant ship)
- mester noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- mester noun (expert at something)
Indonesian
4 entries- magister noun (master's degree)
- magister noun (person holding a master's degree)
- master noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- master noun (original of a document or of a recording)
Ingrian
4 entries- maasteri noun (expert at something)
- maasteri noun (tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices)
- meisteri noun (expert at something)
- meisteri noun (tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- آقا noun (courtesy title of a man)
- آقَاپِسَر noun (courtesy title for a boy)
- اصلی noun (original of a document or of a recording)
- اَرْباب noun (owner of an animal or slave)
Italian
4 entries- maestro adj (main, principal or predominant)
- mastro adj (original)
- boss noun (someone who employs others)
- capitano noun (captain of a merchant ship)
Japanese
4 entries- ぼっちゃま noun (courtesy title for a boy)
- マスター noun (engineering: device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source)
- 主 noun (someone who employs others)
- 主人 noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Kalmyk
1 entries- эзн noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Kannada
1 entries- ಎರೆ noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Kazakh
4 entries- ие noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- ие noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- магистр noun (person holding a master's degree)
- шебер noun (expert at something)
Khmer
4 entries- គម្ដែង noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- ទាសបតិ noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- មេ noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- ម្ចាស់ noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Kikuyu
1 entries- mwathani noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Korean
4 entries- 달인 noun (expert at something)
- 명수 noun (expert at something)
- 주인 noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- 주인 noun (someone who employs others)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- уста adj (highly skilled)
- чебер adj (highly skilled)
- уста noun (expert at something)
- чебер noun (expert at something)
Lao
4 entries- ນາຽ noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- ບໍດີ noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- ມະຫາບັນດິດ noun (person holding a master's degree)
- ສວາມີ noun (owner of an animal or slave)
Latgalian
2 entries- saimineica noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- saiminīks noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Latin
4 entries- dominulus noun (courtesy title for a boy)
- dominus noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- dominus noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- dominus noun (captain of a merchant ship)
Latvian
4 entries- saimniece noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- saimniece noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- saimnieks noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- saimnieks noun (owner of an animal or slave)
Ligurian
2 entries- méistro noun (expert at something)
- padrón noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Meeschter noun (expert at something)
Macedonian
4 entries- господарски adj (main, principal or predominant)
- мајсторски adj (highly skilled)
- газда noun (someone who employs others)
- господар noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡝᠵᡝᠨ noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Megleno-Romanian
1 entries- stăpǫn noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Mongolian
3 entries- магистр noun (person holding a master's degree)
- эзэн noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- ᠡᠵᠡᠨ noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Māori
3 entries- iho pūmanawa noun (expert at something)
- mataaro noun (expert at something)
- mātanga noun (expert at something)
Nanai
1 entries- пакси noun (expert at something)
Neapolitan
1 entries- masto noun (expert at something)
Nivkh
1 entries- ыс noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Norman
1 entries- maître noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Norwegian
4 entries- hoved adj (main, principal or predominant)
- mester adj (highly skilled)
- original adj (original)
- beherske verb (to learn to a high degree)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- herre noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- herre noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- masterkopi noun (original of a document or of a recording)
- mester noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Occitan
1 entries- mèstre noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Old English
2 entries- hlāford noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- hlāford noun (owner of an animal or slave)
Persian
3 entries- استاد adj (highly skilled)
- اصل adj (original)
- ماهر adj (highly skilled)
Polish
4 entries- kapitan noun (someone who employs others)
- kopia-matka noun (original of a document or of a recording)
- magister noun (master's degree)
- magister noun (person holding a master's degree)
Portuguese
4 entries- amo noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- capitão noun (captain of a merchant ship)
- dono noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- mestre noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Romanian
4 entries- jupân noun (courtesy title for a boy)
- maestru noun (expert at something)
- maestru noun (courtesy title of a man)
- original noun (original of a document or of a recording)
Russian
4 entries- ба́рич noun (courtesy title for a boy)
- барчу́к noun (courtesy title for a boy)
- веду́щее устро́йство noun (engineering: device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source)
- веду́щий noun (engineering: device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source)
Samogitian
2 entries- gaspaduorios noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- gaspaduorė noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Sanskrit
2 entries- प्रभु noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- प्रभु noun (tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ceannsaich verb (to control)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- majstorski adj (highly skilled)
- мајсторски adj (highly skilled)
- gazda noun (someone who employs others)
- gospòdār noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Sicilian
4 entries- capitanu noun (captain of a merchant ship)
- capurais noun (captain of a merchant ship)
- capurali noun (someone who employs others)
- capuraìs noun (captain of a merchant ship)
Slovak
3 entries- majster noun (expert at something)
- majstryňa noun (expert at something)
- pán noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Slovene
4 entries- gospodar noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- gospodár noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- mojster noun (expert at something)
- mojster noun (tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices)
Spanish
4 entries- amo noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- amo noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- amo noun (courtesy title of a man)
- capitán noun (captain of a merchant ship)
Swedish
4 entries- förlaga noun (original of a document or of a recording)
- herre noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- herre noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- husbonde noun (owner of an animal or slave)
Tabasaran
1 entries- уста noun (expert at something)
Tagalog
4 entries- amo noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- amo noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- amo noun (someone who employs others)
- bossing noun (someone who employs others)
Tajik
2 entries- устод adj (highly skilled)
- устод noun (expert at something)
Tatar
1 entries- оста noun (expert at something)
Thai
4 entries- ชั้นครู adj (highly skilled)
- ต้นฉบับ noun (original of a document or of a recording)
- นาย noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- มหาบัณฑิต noun (person holding a master's degree)
Turkish
4 entries- bey noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- efendi noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- efendi noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- hoca noun (tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices)
Turkmen
4 entries- aga noun (courtesy title for a boy)
- başlyk noun (someone who employs others)
- başlyk noun (courtesy title of a man)
- eýe noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
Ukrainian
4 entries- воло́дар noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- воло́дар noun (owner of an animal or slave)
- госпо́дар noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- ма́йстер noun (expert at something)
Urdu
4 entries- اُسْتاد noun (expert at something)
- اُسْتاد noun (tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices)
- اُسْتاد noun (skilled artist)
- مِہْتَر noun (owner of an animal or slave)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chủ noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- thạc sĩ noun (master's degree)
Walloon
2 entries- mwaisse noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- mwaisse noun (expert at something)
Welsh
4 entries- prif gopi noun (original of a document or of a recording)
- gwastrodi verb (to control)
- meistroli verb (to control)
- meistroli verb (to make a master copy of)
White Hmong
2 entries- tswv noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- tswv noun (owner of an animal or slave)
Yiddish
2 entries- בעל־הבית noun (someone who has control over something or someone)
- מײַסטער noun (expert at something)
Sample sentences
45 total sentences available.
You are the master of your own destiny.
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All you have to do is try hard to master English.
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Money is a good servant, but a bad master.
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