mastering

ADJECTIVE

governing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

administrative dominant guiding ruling

STRONG

absolute ascendant conducting controlling determining directing dominating executive ordering overseeing restraining superintending

WEAK

authoritative gubernatorial influential magisterial presidential regulatory supervisory supreme

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inferior subordinate

WEAK

powerless tributary

NOUN

getting

Synonyms

STRONG

appropriating assimilating capturing catching clutching confiscating earning gaining grasping obtaining pursuing securing seizing snatching taking winning

Antonyms

WEAK

abandoning giving up losing refusal rejecting throwing off

Example Sentences

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It provides a little aid, a little boost and a little fuel for inspiring some to get more serious about mastering a craft.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2026

“We thought it would be very exciting and fresh for her to go to a school where she could focus on learning magic and mastering the powers inside her,” Gerber says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

"It was difficult, mastering the landscape, arming, training," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

A sabbatical may be the right move for you if you’re interested in continuing your education, mastering a new skill or even learning a new language, said Maggie Mistal, a career-change coach.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

Even as his staff was mastering the first-generation separator, he started sketching out a new one.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

mastering

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