MASTERPIECES Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

masterpieces

noun

plural of masterpiece

as in classics

something (as a work of art) that is a great achievement and often its creator's greatest achievement Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel are often considered to be his masterpieces

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Recent Examples of masterpieces Zaha Hadid Architects principal Patrik Schumacher likens the collection’s élan with that achieved by the masterpieces of Michelangelo and the Renaissance, but reimagined for the 21st century. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026 The film will explore how the band’s trials and tribulations, personal resilience, and musical dexterity combined to create enduring masterpieces. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026 The Duo isn't meant for professional creators or videographers to record their visual masterpieces. — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026 Lace was expertly placed with thoughtful trims and underlays to create detailed masterpieces. — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026 Celebrated as masterpieces today, at the time they were regarded as the unpolished works of a depressed, crazy man and commercially worthless. — Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026 Living masterpieces The more clearly scientists can follow individual birds and populations across the planet, the more extraordinary these species can seem. — Amy L. Scarpignato, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026 After the Second World War, Seghers produced only three more full-length novels, none matching her earlier masterpieces. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Over years of collaboration and conversations, the owners’ tastes evolved, shifting from classical works to significant postwar and contemporary masterpieces. — Michael James Gardner, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026

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Noun

That album, like the Dio Sabbath classics before it, was fine-tuned for metalhead appreciation, thick with crushing riffs and dramatic vocals.

— Brad Sanders, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
Dinner is a five-course omakase, where Nobu classics like the miso cod make cameos.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026

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At least some of the time, Hawthorne really was warming the little speckled eggs from which his masterworks would hatch.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Last year the Metropolitan Museum of Art began talking with a longtime philanthropist and art collector about her three African masterworks, each hundreds of years old.

— Colin Moynihan, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2026

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