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6 : a large quantity, amount, or number

7 : the great body of people — usu. used in pl.

— massy adjective

Synonyms

[3] body, bulk, core, generality, main, staple, weight—more at BODY

usually masses plural [7] commoners, herd, mob, people, plebeians, populace, rank and file; also proletariat, rabble, riffraff, scum, trash; bourgeoisie, middle class; public

Antonyms

elite

3mass verb : to form or collect into a mass

Mass abbreviation Massachusetts

1massacre noun 1 : the killing of many persons under cruel or atrocious circumstances

2 : a wholesale slaughter

Synonyms

butchery, carnage, slaughter; also bloodshed, foul play, homicide, killing, manslaughter, murder, slaying; mortality; annihilation, demolishing, destruction, devastation, extermination; genocide; assassination, execution

2massacre verb : to kill by massacre

Synonyms

butcher, slaughter; also assassinate, execute, murder, slay; annihilate, decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, eradicate, exterminate, waste, wipe out

1massage noun : manipulation of tissues (as by rubbing and kneading) esp. for therapeutic purposes

2massage verb mas·saged; mas·sag·ing 1 : to subject to massage

2 : to treat flatteringly; also : MANIPULATE, DOCTOR <~ data>

mas·seur noun : a man who practices massage

mas·seuse noun : a woman who practices massage

mas·sif noun : a principal mountain mass

mas·sive adjective 1 : forming or consisting of a large mass

2 : large in structure, scope, or degree

Synonyms

[1] heavy, hefty, ponderous, weighty—more at HEAVY

[2] colossal, enormous, giant, gigantic, grand, huge, mammoth, monumental, prodigious, titanic, tremendous

mas·sive·ly adverb : in a massive manner

Synonyms

broadly, considerably, greatly, hugely, largely, monstrously, much, sizably, stupendously, tremendously, utterly, vastly—more at GREATLY

mas·sive·ness noun : the quality or state of being massive

Synonyms

enormity, hugeness, immensity, magnitude, vastness—more at IMMENSITY

mass·less adjective : having no mass <~ particles>

mass medium noun, plural mass media : a medium of communication (as the newspapers or television) that is designed to reach the mass of the people

mass–pro·duce verb : to produce in quantity usu. by machinery

— mass production noun

1mast noun 1 : a long pole or spar rising from the keel or deck of a ship and supporting the yards, booms, and rigging

2 : a slender vertical structure

— mast·ed adjective

2mast noun : nuts (as acorns) accumulated on the forest floor and often serving as food for animals (as hogs)

mas·tec·to·my noun, plural -mies : surgical removal of the breast

1master noun 1 : a male teacher; also : a person holding an academic degree higher than a bachelor's but lower than a doctor's

2 : one highly skilled (as in an art or profession)

3 : one having authority or control

4 : one that conquers or masters : VICTOR

5 : the commander of a merchant ship

6 : a youth or boy too young to be called mister — used as a title

7 : an original from which copies are made

— master adjective

Synonyms

[2] ace, adept, artist, authority, crackerjack, expert, maestro, scholar, shark, virtuoso, whiz, wizard—more at EXPERT

[3] boss, captain, chief, foreman, head, headman, helmsman, kingpin, leader, taskmaster—more at BOSS

2master verb 1 : to become master of : OVERCOME

2 : to become skilled or proficient in

3 : to produce a master recording of (as a musical performance)

master chief petty officer noun : a petty officer of the highest rank in the navy

mas·ter·ful adjective 1 : inclined and usu. competent to act as a master

2 : having or reflecting the skill of a master

3 : suggestive of a domineering nature

Synonyms

[2] adroit, artful, delicate, dexterous, expert, masterly, practiced, skillful, virtuoso—more at SKILLFUL

[2] accomplished, adept, consummate, crack, crackerjack, good, great, proficient, skilled—more at PROFICIENT

[3] authoritarian, autocratic, bossy, despotic, dictatorial, domineering,