Masterful: alternatives and connections

play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the serv…

The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master.

Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.

A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of th…

An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also…

To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything.

To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); a…

Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner.

Governing; ruling; imperious.

To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious sup…

To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false.

To run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice; especially, to play the coquette; to play at courtsh…

To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport.

A play or part of play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin.

To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp;…

Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner.

In an imperious manner.

The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance; haughtiness.