masterful
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- skilful, adroit, consummate, expert, fine, first-rate, masterly, superlative, supreme, world-class
- domineering, arrogant, bossy (informal), high-handed, imperious, overbearing, overweening

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Contrasted words: humble, modest, unpretentious, indecisive, irresolute, submissive, yielding, feeble, weak
Related Words: absolute, arbitrary, authoritarian, authoritative, dictative, dictatorial, doctrinaire, dogmatic, autocratic, despotic, tyrannical, high-and-mighty, self-willed, adroit, deft, dexterous, preeminent, superlative, supreme, transcendent

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mas‧ter‧ful /ˈmɑːstəfəl $ ˈmæstər-/ adjective

1. controlling people or situations in a skilful and confident way:
Klein handled the situation in a masterful way.

2. done with great skill and understanding Synonym : masterly:
a masterful analysis of the text
—masterfully adverb:
Jack strode masterfully into the room.

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