People and roles
Synonyms for master
Synonyms for master: maestro, dominate and control. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for master
Interchangeable with master, one per sense
Audited under master's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one master carries in that sense.
- maestronoun, in the sense "an artist of consummate skill"
- dominateverb, in the sense "have dominance or the power to defeat over"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name master as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- controlcontrol is a verb in the sense "have a firm understanding or knowledge of"
The first group is filed under master's own senses. The second reaches master from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
an artist of consummate skill
A master of the violin.
The true synonym
maestro
Same sentence, swapped: A maestro of the violin.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for master in the sentence quoted.
- captain
- lord
- romantic
have dominance or the power to defeat over
The methods can master the problems.
The true synonym
dominate
Same sentence, swapped: The methods can dominate the problems.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- point
- deal
- hold
Where master turns up in the game
master is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where master is the trap
- bestadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is better, in the sense "wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable", and master is on the board beside it.
- senseverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is smell, in the sense "become aware of not through the senses but instinctively", and master is on the board beside it.
- advisernoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is consultant, in the sense "an expert who gives advice", and master is on the board beside it.
Play master
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so master reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other people and roles words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. master carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.