masterpiece

Noun

Meaning

Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a capital performance; a chef-d'oeuvre; a supreme achievement.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

masterwork chef-d'oeuvre gem jewel work of art tour de force great work marvel paragon nonesuch corker work production model song
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Antonyms

blight carbuncle worst fate defect hobby
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Hypernyms

work achievement accomplishment piece of work

Related terms

masterwork mistresspiece

Phrases with the word

culinary masterpiece

Examples

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. John Ruskin

The greatest masterpiece of literature is only a dictionary out of order. Jean Cocteau

He wants to live on through something-and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. all of us want that, and it gets more poignant as we get more anonymous in this world. Arthur Miller

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. André Gide

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think. Arthur Schopenhauer

If I belong to a tradition, it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or the composer what he ought to have composed. Alfred Brendel

Close letter words and terms

mastermindful masterminding masterous masterplan masterpoint masterpost