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

Under Dhanraj Master, he studied Western music, mastering the guitar and piano while immersing himself in Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 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

Mapping out these steps requires deep expertise and strategic thinking, which is why chemists often spend years mastering the process.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

He was doing well and read silently, rapidly, picturing the boy in the boat mastering the tide.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia

mastering

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