ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsVvirtuoso
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virtuoso
Meaning: person with exceptional skill, especially in music
virtuoso in a sentence
How virtuoso is used in real sentences:
The young virtuoso performed the difficult concerto without a visible trace of strain.
Critics hailed the pianist as a virtuoso after her brilliant recital.
“Price’s chief assistant, Samuel Reed, proved a virtuoso at reconstructing accounts from torn scraps, often restoring a month’s transactions before other clerks finished one page.”
— from the passage The Threads in the Ledger
Synonyms for virtuoso
Other words for virtuoso — maestro, master and expert — carry the same meaning.
- maestro
- master
- expert
Antonyms of virtuoso
Words that mean the opposite of virtuoso:
- novice
- amateur
- beginner
Where it comes from
From Italian virtuoso, meaning 'a person of exceptional skill.'
Memory hook
VIRTUOSO recalls VIRTUE in its older sense of excellence or skill.