'Masterpiece' definitions:
Definition of 'masterpiece'
From: WordNet
noun
The most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman [syn: masterpiece, chef-d'oeuvre]
noun
An outstanding achievement
Definition of 'Masterpiece'
From: GCIDE
- Masterpiece \Mas"ter*piece`\, n. Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a capital performance; a chef-d'oeuvre; a supreme achievement. [1913 Webster]
- The top and masterpiece of art. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Dissimulation was his masterpiece. --Claredon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'masterpiece'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- archetype,
- art object,
- artifact,
- brainchild,
- bric-a-brac,
- child,
- classic,
- coinage,
- composition,
- concoction,
- creation,
- creature,
- crowning achievement,
- design,
- distillation,
- effect,
- end product,
- essence,
- exemplar,
- extract,
- feat,
- fruit,
- grotesque,
- handiwork,
- ideal,
- invention,
- issue,
- jewel,
- kitsch,
- magnum opus,
- manufacture,
- master,
- master stroke,
- masterstroke,
- masterwork,
- mintage,
- mirror,
- mobile,
- museum piece,
- new mintage,
- nude,
- offspring,
- old master,
- opera,
- opus,
- opuscule,
- origination,
- outcome,
- outgrowth,
- paragon,
- pasticcio,
- pastiche,
- pattern of perfection,
- piece,
- piece de resistance,
- piece of virtu,
- product,
- production,
- prototype,
- quintessence,
- result,
- stabile,
- statue,
- still life,
- study,
- tour de force,
- very model,
- virtu,
- work,
- work of art