masters
Those with authority
Masters is the plural of master—those who have achieved expertise, authority, or control in a domain: The great masters of Renaissance painting.
It also refers to original recordings or documents from which copies are made: The studio kept the masters in a climate-controlled vault.
In academic contexts, a master's degree is often shortened to masters: She's getting her masters in public health. (Capitalized Masters is the golf tournament.)
Supremely accomplished performer
- maestroDistinguished musical leader
- grandmasterSupreme competitive title
- craftsmanSkilled manual worker
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
journeyman · apprentice · guild · mentorship · proficiency · technique · discipline · practitioner
Academic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- postgraduateScholar past undergraduate level
- doctorateHighest academic credential awarded
- MBAGraduate degree in commerce
MFA · graduate · academia · research · defense · viva · scholarship · professor
Authority to rule
- subjugationForcing into submission
- slaveryOwnership of people
- servitudeCompulsory labor under masters
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
plantation · enslaved · overseer · abolition · emancipation · antebellum · chattel · ownership
virtuoso
Supremely accomplished performer
- maestroDistinguished musical leader
- grandmasterSupreme competitive title
- craftsmanSkilled manual worker
artisan · journeyman · apprentice · guild · mentorship · proficiency · technique · discipline · practitioner · sensei
thesis
Academic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- postgraduateScholar past undergraduate level
- doctorateHighest academic credential awarded
MBA · MFA · graduate · academia · research · defense · viva · scholarship · professor · seminar
dominion
Authority to rule
- subjugationForcing into submission
- slaveryOwnership of people
- servitudeCompulsory labor under masters
bondage · plantation · enslaved · overseer · abolition · emancipation · antebellum · chattel · ownership · oppression
meet
Come into contact
lane · block · split · anchor · butterfly · backstroke · breaststroke · freestyle · finals · qualifying
- teachersteacher, tutor, tutors, instructor, instructors
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- course of studymajor, minor, degree, diploma, certificate
- expertsexperts, expert, specialist, specialists, pro
- martial artistsmartial artists, fighters, senseis, instructors, black belts
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
mastersnovices
Inexperienced newcomers
beginners · amateurs · apprentices · neophytes · tyros
mastersslaves
Persons owned by others
servants · subjects · subordinates · bondsmen · serfs
masterscopies
Makes identical versions
duplicates · reproductions · replicas · facsimiles · forgeries
- master planOverall strategic framework
- master bedroomMain sleeping quarters
- master sergeantSenior enlisted military rank
- master's degreePost-college academic credential
- master keyLock opener for all doors
- puppet masterOne controlling figures backstage
master, mastery, masterpiece, mastered, masterful, mastering, masterly, masterwork, taskmaster