'Mastery' definitions:
Definition of 'mastery'
(from WordNet)
noun
Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French" [syn: command, control, mastery]
noun
Power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas" [syn: domination, mastery, supremacy]
noun
The act of mastering or subordinating someone [syn: mastery, subordination]
Definition of 'Mastery'
From: GCIDE
- Mastery \Mas"ter*y\, n.; pl. Masteries. [OF. maistrie.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority. [1913 Webster]
- If divided by mountains, they will fight for the mastery of the passages of the tops. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence. [1913 Webster]
- The voice of them that shout for mastery. --Ex. xxxii. 18. [1913 Webster]
- Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. --1 Cor. ix. 25. [1913 Webster]
- O, but to have gulled him Had been a mastery. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Contest for superiority. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A masterly operation; a feat. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I will do a maistrie ere I go. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Specifically, the philosopher's stone. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 6. The act process of mastering; the state of having mastered. [1913 Webster]
- He could attain to a mastery in all languages. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- The learning and mastery of a tongue, being unpleasant in itself, should not be cumbered with other difficulties. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mastery'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ability,
- acme,
- address,
- adeptness,
- adroitness,
- aedileship,
- airmanship,
- apprehension,
- archbishopric,
- archiepiscopacy,
- archiepiscopate,
- aristocracy,
- artfulness,
- artisanship,
- artistry,
- ascendancy,
- authority,
- authorization,
- be-all and end-all,
- beating,
- bishopric,
- blue ribbon,
- bravura,
- brilliance,
- Cadmean victory,
- capability,
- capacity,
- chairmanship,
- championship,
- chancellery,
- chancellorate,
- chancellorship,
- charisma,
- charm,
- chiefery,
- chiefry,
- chieftaincy,
- chieftainry,
- chieftainship,
- clairvoyance,
- claws,
- cleverness,
- clout,
- clutches,
- collapse,
- command,
- competence,
- competency,
- comprehension,
- conception,
- conceptualization,
- condition,
- conquering,
- conquest,
- consequence,
- consulate,
- consulship,
- control,
- coordination,
- craft,
- craftsmanship,
- crash,
- credit,
- cunning,
- deanery,
- deathblow,
- debacle,
- defeat,
- deftness,
- destruction,
- dexterity,
- dexterousness,
- dextrousness,
- dictatorship,
- dictature,
- diplomacy,
- directorship,
- dominance,
- domination,
- dominion,
- downfall,
- drubbing,
- easy victory,
- effect,
- effectiveness,
- efficiency,
- eminence,
- emirate,
- enchantment,
- episcopacy,
- esteem,
- expertise,
- expertism,
- expertness,
- facility,
- failure,
- fall,
- favor,
- finesse,
- first place,
- first prize,
- fitness,
- fittedness,
- force,
- foreknowledge,
- good feeling,
- governorship,
- grace,
- grand slam,
- grasp,
- grip,
- gripe,
- hand,
- handiness,
- hands,
- headship,
- hegemony,
- height,
- helm,
- hiding,
- hierarchy,
- highest,
- hold,
- horsemanship,
- ideation,
- imperium,
- importance,
- incidental power,
- influence,
- influentiality,
- ingeniousness,
- ingenuity,
- insinuation,
- intellection,
- intelligence,
- iron hand,
- jurisdiction,
- kingship,
- knack,
- knockout,
- know-how,
- KO,
- lambasting,
- landslide,
- landslide victory,
- lathering,
- leadership,
- leverage,
- licking,
- lordship,
- magistracy,
- magistrateship,
- magistrature,
- magnetism,
- management,
- marksmanship,
- masterdom,
- mastership,
- maturity,
- maximum,
- mayoralty,
- mayorship,
- mental grasp,
- metropolitanate,
- metropolitanship,
- might,
- moment,
- moral victory,
- most,
- ne plus ultra,
- new high,
- nobility,
- overcoming,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- palms,
- papacy,
- paramountcy,
- pashadom,
- pashalic,
- patriarchate,
- patriarchy,
- personality,
- persuasion,
- picnic,
- pontificality,
- pontificate,
- popedom,
- popehood,
- popeship,
- potency,
- power,
- practical ability,
- precognition,
- predominance,
- prefectship,
- prefecture,
- prehension,
- premiership,
- preparedness,
- preponderance,
- presidency,
- presidentship,
- pressure,
- prestige,
- primacy,
- prime-ministership,
- prime-ministry,
- princedom,
- princeship,
- principality,
- proconsulate,
- proconsulship,
- proficiency,
- protectorate,
- protectorship,
- provostry,
- provostship,
- prowess,
- purchase,
- pushover,
- Pyrrhic victory,
- qualification,
- quickness,
- quietus,
- readiness,
- record,
- rectorate,
- rectorship,
- regency,
- regentship,
- reign,
- reins of government,
- repute,
- resource,
- resourcefulness,
- ripeness,
- ruin,
- rule,
- ruling class,
- runaway victory,
- savoir-faire,
- savvy,
- say,
- seamanship,
- seasoning,
- seigniory,
- seneschalship,
- seneschalsy,
- sheikhdom,
- sheriffalty,
- sheriffcy,
- sheriffdom,
- shrievalty,
- skill,
- skillfulness,
- smash,
- sovereignty,
- strings,
- style,
- suasion,
- subdual,
- subduing,
- subjugation,
- subtle influence,
- success,
- suggestion,
- suitability,
- suitableness,
- suitedness,
- supervisorship,
- supremacy,
- suzerainship,
- suzerainty,
- swag,
- sway,
- tact,
- tactfulness,
- talons,
- technical brilliance,
- technical mastery,
- technical skill,
- technique,
- tempering,
- thrashing,
- timing,
- top spot,
- total victory,
- tribunate,
- trim,
- trimming,
- triumph,
- trouncing,
- understanding,
- undoing,
- upper hand,
- vanquishment,
- victory,
- virtuosity,
- vizierate,
- viziership,
- walkaway,
- walkover,
- Waterloo,
- weight,
- whip hand,
- whipping,
- win,
- winning,
- winning streak,
- wisdom,
- wit,
- wizardry,
- workmanship,
- zenith