Master or masters may refer to:

Ranks or titles

*Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans *Grandmaster (chess), National Master, International Master, FIDE Master, Candidate Master, all ranks of chess player *Grandmaster (martial arts) or Master, an honorary title *Grand master (order), a title denoting the head of an order or knighthood *Grand Master (Freemasonry), the head of a Grand Lodge and the highest rank of a Masonic organization *Maestro, an orchestral conductor, or the master within some other musical discipline *Master, a Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament#Master, title of Jesus in the New Testament *Master or shipmaster, the sea captain of a merchant vessel *Master (college), head of a college *Master (form of address), an English honorific for boys and young men *Master (judiciary), a judicial official in the courts of common law jurisdictions *Master mariner, a licensed mariner who is qualified to be a sea captain in the merchant marine *Master (naval), a former naval rank *Master (Peerage of Scotland), the male heir-apparent or heir-presumptive to a title in the Peerage of Scotland *Master craftsman, in the Medieval guilds *Master of ceremonies, or MC (emcee), the host of an official public or private staged event or other performance *Master-at-arms, a naval police officer, often addressed as "Master" in the Royal Navy *Master's degree, a postgraduate or sometimes undergraduate degree in the specified discipline *Masters of the Ancient Wisdom, reputed to be enlightened beings originally identified by the founders of the Theosophical Society *Old Master, a term for a recognised Western painter active before circa 1800 *Schoolmaster or master, presiding officer of a school *Slave owner, an owner of victims of slavery *Station master, formerly the person in charge of railway stations *Worshipful Master, the senior Masonic lodge officer *Zen master, a somewhat vague English term, sometimes used to refer to an individual who teaches Zen Buddhist meditation and practices

Aircraft and vehicles

*Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master, an Italian military transonic trainer aircraft *Miles Master, a British 2-seat training aircraft during the Second World War *Renault Master, a van

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

*Master (Manos), Master (''Manos''), the head villain in the horror movie ''Manos: The Hands of Fate'' *Masters (The Tripods), Masters (''The Tripods''), a fictional race of beings in John Christopher's ''The Tripods'' trilogy *Master (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Master (''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''), a recurring villain in the fantasy television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' *Master (Master and Margarita), Master (''Master and Margarita''), a character from the Mikhail Bulgakov novel *The Master (Doctor Who), The Master (''Doctor Who''), a recurring villain in the science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' **The Master (The Doctor Who Role Playing Game), ''The Master'' (The Doctor Who Role Playing Game), a supplement for ''The Doctor Who Role-playing Game'' about The Doctor's nemesis *The Master (Fallout), The Master (''Fallout''), a character in the 1997 video game ''Fallout'' *The Master, a nickname for Ancient One (Marvel Comics) *The Master, the player's character in the Nintendo game series ''ActRaiser'' *The Master, an optional three-time boss Toad Sensei in ''Paper Mario'' *The Master, a title character in the novel ''The Master and Margarita'' *Villains in Power Rangers: Mystic Force, The Master, the main (and mostly absent) villain from ''Power Rangers Mystic Force'' *The Master, a character from the adult swim television series ''The Venture Bros.'' *The Master (Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!), The Master, character in the manga series ''Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!''

Films

*Master (1997 film), ''Master'' (1997 film), an Indian Telugu-language film *Master (2016 film), ''Master'' (2016 film), a South Korean film *Master (2021 film), ''Master'' (2021 film), an Indian Tamil-language film *Master (2022 film), ''Master'' (2022 film), an American film *The Master (1980 film), ''The Master'' (1980 film), a Hong Kong film *The Master (1992 film), ''The Master'' (1992 film), a Hong Kong film *The Master (2005 film), ''The Master'' (2005 film), a Polish film *The Master (2009 film), ''The Master'' (2009 film), a Turkish film *The Master (2012 film), ''The Master'' (2012 film), an American film *The Master (2015 film), ''The Master'' (2015 film), a Chinese film *The Master (2016 film), ''The Master'' (2016 film), a computer animated Lego short *Masters (film), ''Masters'' (film), a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language film

Literature

*''The Master'', an 1895 best-selling novel by Israel Zangwill *The Masters (novel), ''The Masters'' (novel), a 1951 novel in the ''Strangers and Brothers'' sequence by C. P. Snow *''The Master: An Adventure Story'', a 1957 science fiction novel for children by T. H. White *The Master (novel), ''The Master'' (novel), a 2004 novel by Colm Tóibín

Music and audio

*Mastering (audio), a process resulting in a master recording, also known as a master, master copy, or master tape *Master (soundtrack), ''Master'' (soundtrack), 2020 soundtrack album to the 2021 Tamil-language film ''Master'' *Master (score), ''Master'' (score), 2021 film score to the 2021 Tamil-language film ''Master'' *Master (American band), a Czech-American death metal band *Master (Russian band), a Russian thrash metal band *Bojan Adamič (1912–1995), known as Master, Slovene music composer *Yeah Yeah Yeahs (EP), ''Yeah Yeah Yeahs'' (EP), a 2001 record by ''Yeah Yeah Yeahs'', this EP also called "Master" *Master (album of Russian band Master), ''Master'' (album of Russian band Master), a 1987 album by Russian thrash metal band ''Master'' *Master (album of American band Master), ''Master'' (album of American band Master), a 1990 album by American band ''Master'' *Master (audio drama), ''Master'' (audio drama), in the ''Doctor Who'' series (2003) *The Master (1961–1984), ''The Master'' (1961–1984), a box set album by Marvin Gaye *''The Master'', 2010 box set by Ravi Shankar *The Master (Pepper Adams album), ''The Master...'' (Pepper Adams album) (1980) *The Master (Jimmy Raney album), ''The Master'' (Jimmy Raney album) (1983) *The Master (Rakim album), ''The Master'' (Rakim album) (1999) *The Master (Stan Getz album), ''The Master'' (Stan Getz album), recorded 1975, released 1982 *''The Masters'', compilation album by The Stranglers

Television and film

*An original camera negative, or other film print, duplicated or digitized to produce release prints and remasters *The Master (U.S. TV series), ''The Master'' (U.S. TV series), a 1984 American television series starring Lee Van Cleef that aired on NBC *The Master (Australian game show), ''The Master'' (Australian game show), a 2006 Australian quiz show that aired on Seven Network *The Master (Indonesian TV series), ''The Master'' (Indonesian TV series), a 2009 Indonesian magic show television series

People

*Masami Hirosaka (born 1966), known as Master Masami, Japanese radio-controlled racer *King Curtis Iaukea (1937–2010), wrestler, ring name The Master

Places

*Master, Iran, a village in Markazi Province, Iran *Masters, Colorado, USA; a ghost town in the United States

Schools

*Graduate school, for obtaining Cycle II Tertiary Education (Master's degree) *Master's Academy & College, Canadian school in Calgary, Alberta *Masters School, an American independent school in New York

Sport

Golf

*Masters Tournament, known as The Masters, one of the four men's major championships *Australian Masters, a golf tournament held in Australia *British Masters, a golf tournament held in the United Kingdom *South African Masters, a golf tournament held in South Africa

Tennis

*ATP World Tour Finals, the season-ending tournament on the ATP tour known in the past as The Masters (derived from 'Masters Grand Prix' and subsequently 'Tennis Masters Cup') *ATP World Tour Masters 1000, a series of top tier men's tennis tournaments on the ATP tour calendar

Other sports

*Senior sport, a competition age classification used by many sports for older athletes **Masters athletics, competition in the sport of athletics by older athletes **Masters cycling, competition in cycling by older athletes **Masters Football, six-a-side indoor football competition in UK for older athletes **Masters Rugby League, a derivative of rugby league for semi-retired and non-competitive players and officials **Masters swimming, competition in swimming by older athletes *Masters (curling), an annual Grand Slam of Curling event *Masters Cup (disc golf), an annual event on the disc golf PDGA tour *Masters (darts), a darts tournament in the Professional Darts Corporation *Masters (snooker), professional invitational snooker tournament *World Masters (darts), professional darts tournament

Other uses

*MASTER, a Russian network of telescopes *Master (software), pseudonym AlphaGo, artificial intelligence Computer Go program *Master Lock, a brand of padlock *Master recording, the original of a visual or sound recording *Master/slave (BDSM), consensual role-playing in a sexual relationship *Master/slave (technology), a model of communication *Masters Home Improvement, an Australian Home Improvement Retailer *Sega Master System, an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console