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- [task-mas-ter, tahsk-mah-ster]
- /ˈtæskˌmæs tər, ˈtɑskˌmɑ stər/
- /ˈtɑːskmɑːstə/
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- [task-mas-ter, tahsk-mah-ster]
- /ˈtæskˌmæs tər, ˈtɑskˌmɑ stər/
Definitions of taskmaster word
- noun taskmaster a person whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others. 1
- noun taskmaster a person who supervises rigorously the work of others. 1
- noun taskmaster supervisor, manager 1
- countable noun taskmaster If you refer to someone as a hard taskmaster, you mean that they expect the people they supervise to work very hard. 0
- noun taskmaster a person, discipline, etc, that enforces work, esp hard or continuous work 0
- noun taskmaster a person, esp. a strict or demanding person, who assigns tasks or hard work to others 0
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Origin of taskmaster
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30; task + master
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Parts of speech for Taskmaster
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
taskmaster popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for taskmaster
noun taskmaster
- big gun — If you refer to someone as a big gun, you mean that they have a lot of power or influence.
- big guns — an influential or important person or thing: He's a big gun in science.
- commandant — A commandant is an army officer in charge of a particular place or group of people.
- controller — A controller is a person who has responsibility for a particular organization or for a particular part of an organization.
- dominator — to rule over; govern; control.
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