Hand
Hand noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.
Usage example: once she got her own place, the young woman showed that she was quite a hand at interior decoration
Master
Master noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.
Usage example: a master at chess
How words are described
| human | human hand | human master |
| old | old hand | old master |
| good | good hand | good master |
| best | best hand | best master |
| Other adjectives: better, right, stable, current, free, dead, single, actual, real, wrong, bad, main, new, last, literal. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Spoofed in Rune Soldier: Louie is a magic-user who trains to be a consummate master...of hand-to-hand combat.
Source: To Be a Master -
BioShock lets the player character try his hand at being master of plumbing - certain locked doors can be opened through hacking, which takes place through a pipe-minigame.
Source: Master of Unlocking - Aoshi Shinamori from Rurouni Kenshin is a master of both swordsmanship and hand to hand combat, and uses both in his duels.
Source: Sword and Fist
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Master and Hand. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hand/master
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Master or Hand. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hand/master.
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