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Master

A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

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Verb group 4

Control 84% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Control 84% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Operate 84% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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Operate 84% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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Similar meaning 2

Important 84% connected

Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Important 84% connected

Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Broader term 23

Artist 76% connected

One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan.

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Authority 76% connected

Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authori…

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Battler 76% connected

A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to…

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Beat 76% connected

of Beat

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Belligerent 76% connected

Waging war; carrying on war.

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Combatant 76% connected

Contending; disposed to contend.

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Command 76% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Creation 76% connected

The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.

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Crush 76% connected

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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Employer 76% connected

One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.

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Fighter 76% connected

One who fights; a combatant; a warrior.

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Head 76% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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Key 76% connected

An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…

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Know 76% connected

Knee.

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Officer 76% connected

One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police office…

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Principal 76% connected

Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government…

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Ruler 76% connected

One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.

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Scholar 76% connected

One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student.

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Shell 76% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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Trounce 76% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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Vanquish 76% connected

To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.

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Manner of action 5

Bulldog 76% connected

A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls.

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Cinch 76% connected

A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.

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Command 76% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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Subject 76% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Subjugate 76% connected

To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another;…

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Narrower term 4

Conqueror 76% connected

One who conquers.

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Postmaster 76% connected

One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers; one who supplies post horses.

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Seignior 76% connected

A lord; the lord of a manor.

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Vanquisher 76% connected

One who, or that which, vanquishes.

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Derivationally related 10

Captaincy 74% connected

The rank, post, or commission of a captain.

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Captaincy 74% connected

The rank, post, or commission of a captain.

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Control 74% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Control 74% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Masterly 74% connected

Suitable to, or characteristic of, a master; indicating thorough knowledge or superior skill and power; showing a master's hand; as, a masterly desig…

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Masterly 74% connected

Suitable to, or characteristic of, a master; indicating thorough knowledge or superior skill and power; showing a master's hand; as, a masterly desig…

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Mastership 74% connected

The state or office of a master.

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Mastership 74% connected

The state or office of a master.

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Mastery 74% connected

The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.

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Mastery 74% connected

The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.

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Entails 7

Acquire 72% connected

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

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Drill 72% connected

To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

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Exercise 72% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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Learn 72% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Practice 72% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Understand 72% connected

To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a pro…

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Synonym 20

Captain 92% connected

A head, or chief officer

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Chief 92% connected

The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Control 92% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Dominate 92% connected

To predominate over; to rule; to govern.

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Lord 92% connected

A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively.

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Maestro 92% connected

A master in any art, especially in music; a composer.

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Main 92% connected

A hand or match at dice.

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Original 92% connected

Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the origina…

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Overcome 92% connected

of Overcome

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Overlord 92% connected

One who is lord over another or others; a superior lord; a master.

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Primary 92% connected

First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.

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Principal 92% connected

Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government…

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Professional 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledg…

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Schoolmaster 92% connected

The man who presides over and teaches a school; a male teacher of a school.

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Sea captain 92% connected

The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.

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Skipper 92% connected

One who, or that which, skips.

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Subdue 92% connected

To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

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Superior 92% connected

More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.

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Surmount 92% connected

To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.

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Victor 92% connected

The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; --…

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