2. Acquire, learn thoroughly, make one's self master of.
Master, a. Main, chief, leading, principal, cardinal, prime, especial, great, grand, most important.
Masterdom, n. Dominion, rule, ascendency.
Master-hand, n. Adept, proficient, dab, dabster, good hand, capital hand, nice hand.
Masterly, a. Skilful, clever, dexterous, expert, adroit.
Master-mind, n. Master-spirit.
Master-piece, n. Chef-d'œuvre, paragon, master-stroke, master-work, capital performance.
Mastership, n. 1. Headship.
2. Dominion, rule, sway, mastery, supreme power.
3. Superiority, supremacy, upper hand.
Master-spirit, n. Master-mind.
Master-stroke, n. Master-piece.
Master-work, n. Master-piece.
Mastery, n. 1. Dominion, rule, sway, command, mastership, supreme power.
2. Superiority, pre-eminence, ascendency, supremacy, victory, conquest, upper hand.
3. Acquirement, attainment, acquisition.
4. Skill, dexterity, great proficiency.
Masticate, v. a. Chew, eat, manducate, munch.
Mastication, n. Chewing, manducation.
Masturbation, n. Onanism, self-pollution, secret vice, self-abuse.
Mat, v. a. Braid, weave, plait, plat.
Match, v. a. 1. Rival, be equal to.
2. Adapt, suit, fit, proportion.
3. Marry, give in marriage.
Matchless, a. Unrivalled, unparalleled, unequalled, peerless, incomparable, exquisite, inimitable, excellent, first-rate, superlatively good, of the best, of the first water.
Mate, n. Associate, companion, fellow, compeer.
Maté, n. Brazil tea.
Material, a. 1. Physical, corporeal, bodily, not spiritual.
2. Essential, important, momentous, vital.
Material, n. Matter, substance, stuff.
Materially, ad. 1. Substantially, in substance, not in form merely.
2. Importantly, essentially, vitally.
Maternal, a. Motherly.
Matins, n. pl. Morning prayers, morning service.
Matrice, n. Mould (especially a mould in which printers' letters are cast, and a mould in which coin is cast), matrix.
Matrimonial, a. Connubial, nuptial, conjugial, hymeneal, bridal, conjugal.
Matrimony, n. Marriage, wedlock, nuptial state.
Matrix, n. [L.] Mould, matrice.
Matron, n. 1. Wife, married woman, mother of a family.
2. Elderly woman.
Matronal, a. Matron-like.
Matron-like, a.. Motherly, elderly, grave, sedate, matronal.
Matronly, a.. Motherly, elderly, grave, sedate, matronal.
Matted, a. Entangled, twisted together.
Matter, n. 1. Substance, body.