mastery

Other forms of mastery

plural

masteries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mastery

What does mastery mean?

mastery means "great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mastery?

mastery has 3 syllables: mas-te-ry. The stress falls on "mas". In IPA it is /ˈmæstɚi/.

What is another word for mastery?

Close synonyms include command, control, domination, supremacy, subordination. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mastery a common word?

mastery is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.