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Nouns (28)

copy

n. a secondary representation of an original; "she made a copy of the designer dress"

copy

n. material suitable for a journalistic account; "catastrophes make good copy"

copy

n. a function that reads data from a source, leaving the source data unchanged and writes it elsewhere

master

n. directs the work of other

master

n. someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution

copy, written matter

n. matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials

copy, transcript

n. a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

master, maestro

n. an artist of consummate skill; "a master of the violin"; "one of the old masters"

master, professional

n. an authority qualified to teach apprentices

reproduction, replication, copy

n. the act of making copies; "Gutenberg's reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient"

master, original

n. an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

master, captain, skipper, sea captain

n. an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

master, lord, overlord

n. a person who has general authority over others

master, superior, victor

n. a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

Verbs (29)

copy

v. make an electronic copy

copy, recreate

v. make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"

copy, copy down

v. copy down as is; "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over"

copy, emulate

v. strive to equal or match, especially by imitating; "He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister"

master, dominate

v. have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems"

copy, simulate, imitate

v. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

ape, copy, imitate

v. appear like, as in behavior or appearance; "Life imitate art"

control, master, get hip to

v. have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?"

master, be proficient in, have a mastery of, get the hang of, be skilled in

v. get the hang of

swim, master, subdue, get over, overcome, surmount

v. get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (2)

master

adj. "a master plumber"; "a master thief"

master

adj. "master race"

Fuzzynyms (372)

fake, sham, postiche

n. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

fabrication, fiction, fable

n. a deliberately false or improbable account

fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on

n. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

trick, fast one

n. a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it"

likeness, semblance

n. picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing

pretence, guise, pretext

n. an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

leader

n. a person who rules or guides or inspires others

trend-setter, taste-maker, fashion arbiter

n. someone who popularizes a new fashion

commander, commandant, commanding officer

n. an officer in command of a military unit

dictator, potentate

n. a ruler who is unconstrained by law

ruler

n. a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe"

pacer, pacemaker, pacesetter

n. a horse used to set the pace in racing

forerunner, precursor

n. a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

predecessor

n. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)

adventurer, explorer

n. someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)

pioneer, innovator

n. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

guide, scout, pathfinder

n. someone who can find paths through unexplored territory

director, stage director

n. (supervisor)

brain, genius, mastermind

n. someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"

ace, genius, sensation, star, adept, maven, virtuoso, hotshot, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz

n. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

issue, number

n. one of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room"

impression, printing

n. all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"

account, story, history, chronicle

n. a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

boss, foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho

n. a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"

master, professional

n. an authority qualified to teach apprentices

expert

n. a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

ace, genius, sensation, star, adept, maven, virtuoso, hotshot, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz

n. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

expert

n. a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

ace, genius, sensation, star, adept, maven, virtuoso, hotshot, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz

n. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

booster, friend, admirer, supporter, champion, protagonist

n. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"

fighter, hero, champion, paladin

n. someone who fights for a cause

artist, creative person

n. a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

master, maestro

n. an artist of consummate skill; "a master of the violin"; "one of the old masters"

follower

n. someone who travels behind or pursues another

specialist, specializer

n. an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning

warhorse, veteran, old stager, old hand

n. an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service

sage, guru, mahatma

n. a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom

reproduction, replica

n. copy that is not the original; something that has been copied

owner, possessor

n. a person who owns something; "they are searching for the owner of the car"; "who is the owner of that friendly smile?"

holder

n. the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it; "the bond was marked `payable to bearer'"

landlord, landlady

n. a landowner who leases to others

owner, proprietor

n. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"

director, stage director

n. (supervisor)

conductor, director, music director

n. the person who leads a musical group

autocrat, tyrant, despot

n. a cruel and oppressive dictator

Jesus, Christ, Savior, Saviour, Redeemer, Good Shepherd, Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus Christ

n. someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.)

God, Supreme Being, Dominus

n. any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force

Jehovah, Yahweh, Yahwe, Yahveh, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh

n. a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH

Godhead, Lord, Creator, Divine, Almighty, Jehovah, God Almighty

n. terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

Messiah

n. the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people

king, male monarch

n. a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

depict, portray, limn

v. make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"

figure, project, image, picture, fancy, see, visualize, envision

v. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"

show, picture, depict

v. show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"

impersonate, portray

v. assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

lift

v. call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

rest, pillow

v. rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head"

adapt, transcribe

v. rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended

mull, meditate, ponder, contemplate, muse, reflect, ruminate, speculate, chew over, mull over, think over

v. reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

take, consider, look at, deal with

v. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"

copy, simulate, imitate

v. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

draw, line, trace, outline, describe, delineate

v. make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

write, communicate by writing, express by writing

v. communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"

tyrannize, domineer

v. rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"

have, own, possess, have possession of

v. have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

ghost, haunt, obsess

v. haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"

ape, copy, imitate

v. appear like, as in behavior or appearance; "Life imitate art"

parody, spoof, burlesque

v. make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers"

impersonate

v. represent another person with comic intentions

ape, caricature

v. represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

mime, pantomime

v. act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"

lampoon, satirize, ridicule with a satire

v. ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal"

clone

v. make multiple identical copies of; "people can clone a sheep nowadays"

model, simulate, reenact, re-enact

v. create again

warp, falsify, distort, garble

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

fashion, forge

v. make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

manufacture, construct, fabricate

v. put together out of components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"

lift, plagiarize, plagiarise

v. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

fake, wangle, fudge, cook, manipulate, falsify, play with, misrepresent, tamper with

v. fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

perform, give a performance

v. give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

act, play, represent

v. 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 servant to her husband's master"

counterfeit, fake, forge

v. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

manufacture, make up, invent, fabricate, cook up

v. make up something artificial or untrue

raise, rear, put up, set up, erect

v. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

bunco, con, gyp, swindle, rook, mulct, nobble, diddle, defraud

v. deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

juggle, hoodwink, beguile

v. influence by slyness

lead on, deceive, cozen, delude, mislead knowingly

v. be false to; be dishonest with

doctor, sophisticate, adulterate, doctor up

v. alter with the intention to deceive

abuse, misuse, pervert

v. change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"

appear

v. appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.; "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"; "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage"

adapt, dramatize, dramatise

v. put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

mimeograph, mimeo

v. print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph; "She mimeographed the syllabus"

photostat, Photostat

v. make a copy by means of a Photostat device

parallel, collimate, make parallel

v. make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"

look, appear, seem

v. give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"

appear, seem

v. come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"

mull, meditate, ponder, contemplate, muse, reflect, ruminate, speculate, chew over, mull over, think over

take, consider, look at, deal with

v. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"

copy, recreate

v. make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"

reproduce, procreate, multiply

v. have offspring or young; "The deer in our neighborhood reproduce madly"; "The Catholic Church tells people to procreate, no matter what their economic situation may be"

copy, simulate, imitate

v. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

counterfeit, fake, forge

v. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

grasp, dig, compass, savvy, comprehend, apprehend, get the picture, understand

v. get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

overwhelm, overpower, overmaster

v. overcome by superior force

overwhelm, overcome, overpower, overtake, whelm, sweep over

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

beat, conquer, overcome

v. as of handicaps, illnesses, etc.; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"

triumph, prevail

v. prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"

Synonyms (44)

go, get, become, come, come out

v. enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

good, expert, adept, competent, accomplished, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful

adj. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"

arch

adj. expert in skulduggery; "an arch criminal"

ball-hawking

adj. used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit; "a ball-hawking center fielder"

virtuoso, consummate, masterful, masterly

adj. having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance"

fine, delicate

adj. marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch"

mean

adj. excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"

professional

adj. (skilled)

sure-handed

adj. proficient and confident in performance; "promising playwrights...sure-handed enough to turn out top-drawer scripts"

versatile

adj. competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another; "a versatile writer"

arch, condescending, patronizing

adj. (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

ranking, commanding, top-level, top-ranking

adj. used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"

high, eminent

adj. standing above others in quality or position; "people in high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the community"

leading, greatest, preeminent

adj. greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist"

high-level, high-ranking, upper-level

adj. at an elevated level in rank or importance; "a high-level official"; "a high-level corporate briefing"; "upper-level management"

Olympian, majestic

adj. majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters; "his majestic presence"; "olympian detachment"; "olympian beauty and serene composure"

superordinate

adj. of higher rank or status or value

Antonyms (5)

subject, national

n. a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"

start, initiate, originate

v. bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"

master copy

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