The word "master" in Russian is widely enoughis used, has several meanings that you need to know and distinguish for the correct use of the lexical unit in speech. In this article will be considered what is a "master", synonyms and antonyms for the word, its use in phraseological units.
Lexical meaning
This lexeme has several definitions, which are linked together by a single semantic kernel. In the dictionary of T.F. Efremova gives the following meanings of the word "master":
- A qualified person who is engaged in some craft.
- Head of a special production workshop.
- A person who has achieved great results in any activity.
- Craftsman, who belongs to the highest class of his colleagues.
- A virtuosic, clever man.
- Member of the Masonic Lodge, having the appropriate rank, rank.
- A person with a title for sporting achievements, as well as a regalia assigned for them.
Considering what a "master" is, it is necessary to indicate the outdated meaning of this lexical unit: "a teacher who teaches a letter, reads on church books."
Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms are lexemes that have similar meanings, but differ in sound. The following synonymous units can be selected for the analyzed word:
- a virtuoso is one who has mastered a certain task in perfection;
- artist - professionally, skillfully performing his work;
- Maestro is a talented "big" representative of any kind of art, an honorary title in a chess game.
Antonyms are words that are opposite in meaning andsound, which is one part of speech. An antonymic unit will be the lexeme "ignoramus". What is the "master", was considered above, "ignoramus" - ignoramus, an uneducated person, who knows nothing.
Phraseological combinations
With the lexeme in question, the following persistent phrases are encountered:
- The master of all trades is a man, skillfully andprofessionally coping with any case. Initially, several people performed one job, that is, many hands were involved, so the "jack of all trades" is a professional who can do this alone.
- The master's case is afraid - this expression means thatif a professional undertook to work, then it will be done qualitatively and quickly. Any case is burning in his hands. Here, for the token "master" is used the meaning of the word of a skilled artisan who knows his work.
- Master lomaster - a man who just ruins everything, for which he will not undertake, nothing worthwhile is obtained. In the same meaning, the phraseology "grief master" is used.
The given stable expressions are quite oftenmeet in the works of Russian classics, children's writers. For example, S. Marshak has a wonderful poem "Master Lomaster", which very well conveys the meaning of phraseology.
Thus, for proper use anduse of the lexical unit in question it is necessary to know what a "master" is, what synonyms and antonyms this word has, in what phraseological combinations it occurs.
