'Masterful' definitions:
Definition of 'masterful'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance" [syn: consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a)]
Definition of 'Masterful'
From: GCIDE
- Masterful \Mas"ter*ful\, a.
- 1. Inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious; arbitrary. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having the skill or power of a master; indicating or expressing power or mastery. [1913 Webster]
- His masterful, pale face. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'masterful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- absolutist,
- absolutistic,
- accomplished,
- adept,
- adroit,
- apt,
- arbitrary,
- archetypical,
- aristocratic,
- arrogant,
- artistic,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- autocratic,
- bossy,
- bravura,
- brilliant,
- classic,
- clean,
- clever,
- consummate,
- coordinated,
- crack,
- crackerjack,
- cunning,
- cute,
- daedal,
- Daedalian,
- deft,
- despotic,
- developed,
- dexterous,
- dextrous,
- dictatorial,
- diplomatic,
- doctrinaire,
- dogmatic,
- dominating,
- domineering,
- elitist,
- excellent,
- exemplary,
- expert,
- exquisite,
- fancy,
- feudal,
- finished,
- first-rate,
- fully developed,
- good,
- goodish,
- graceful,
- grinding,
- handy,
- high and mighty,
- high-and-mighty,
- high-handed,
- hubristic,
- imperative,
- imperial,
- imperious,
- ingenious,
- lordly,
- magisterial,
- magistral,
- master,
- masterly,
- matchless,
- mature,
- matured,
- model,
- monocratic,
- neat,
- no mean,
- oppressive,
- overbearing,
- overruling,
- overweening,
- peerless,
- peremptory,
- perfected,
- polished,
- politic,
- preeminent,
- professional,
- proficient,
- quick,
- quintessential,
- quite some,
- ready,
- refined,
- repressive,
- resourceful,
- ripe,
- ripened,
- self-willed,
- severe,
- skilled,
- skillful,
- slick,
- some,
- statesmanlike,
- strict,
- stylish,
- superb,
- superior,
- superlative,
- suppressive,
- supreme,
- tactful,
- the compleat,
- the complete,
- transcendent,
- tyrannical,
- tyrannous,
- U,
- virtuoso,
- well-done,
- workmanlike
Words containing 'Masterful'
- Master,
- Mastered,
- Masterfully,
- Mastering,
- Masterly,
- Masterous,
- masters,
- Baggage master,
- Bush master,
- Chapel master,
- Dancing master,
- Fire master,
- Forage master,
- Gang master,
- Great master,
- Harbor master,
- Ice master,
- Job master,
- Language master,
- Little masters,
- Master in chancery,
- Master joint,
- Master key,
- Master lode,
- Master mariner,
- Master of arts,
- Master of ceremonies,
- Master of the buckhounds,
- Master of the horse,
- Master of the revels,
- Master of the robes,
- Master of the rolls,
- Master sinew,
- Master singer,
- Master stroke,
- Master tap,
- Master touch,
- Master vibrator,
- Master work,
- Master workman,
- Muster master,
- Past master,
- Prize master,
- Puppet master,
- Rattlesnake's master,
- Revel master,
- Riding master,
- Sailing master,
- Singing master,
- Station master,
- The old masters,
- To be one's own master,
- Vendue master,
- Wagon master,
- Writing master,
- ballet master,
- chess master,
- dance master,
- drill master,
- kong the master,
- master bedroom,
- master class,
- master copy,
- master cylinder,
- master file,
- master in business,
- master of architecture,
- master of divinity,
- master of education,
- master of laws,
- master of literature,
- master of science,
- master of theology,
- master plan,
- master race,
- master sergeant,
- master's degree,
- old master,
- property master,
- question master,
- rattlesnake master,
- Mint-master,
- To be master of one's self,
- Wreck-master,
- dancing-master,
- edgar lee masters,
- games-master,
- master in business administration,
- master in public affairs,
- master of arts in teaching,
- master of fine arts,
- master of library science,
- master of science in engineering,
- master-at-arms,
- senior master sergeant,
- master of arts in library science