mastermind (n.)

  1. someone who creates new things

    [ Syn: originator , conceiver ]

  2. someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; Mozart was a child genius; hes smart but hes no Einstein

    [ Syn: genius , brain , brainiac , einstein ]

    mastermind (v.)

  1. plan and direct (a complex undertaking); he masterminded the robbery

    [ Syn: engineer , direct , organize , organise , orchestrate ]

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