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Noun mastermind has 2 senses

• mastermind(n = noun.person) conceiver, originator - someone who creates new things; Array
is a kind of creator
has particulars: beginner, father, founder, founding father, groundbreaker, innovator, pioneer, trailblazer, mover, proposer, proposer, suggester
Derived form verb mastermind₁

• mastermind(n = noun.person) brain, brainiac, einstein, genius - someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"
is a kind of intellect, intellectual
has particulars: prodigy

Verb mastermind has 1 sense

• mastermind(v = verb.cognition) direct, engineer, orchestrate, organise, organize - plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
is one way to plan
Derived form noun mastermind₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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THESAURUS

mastermind

academician, ace, architect, authority, be responsible for, bookman, brains, call the signals, captain, carry on, classicist, clerk, colossus of knowledge, command, conceive, conceiver, conduct, contriver, control, crackerjack, create, creator, design, develop, devise, direct, doctor, elder, elder statesman, engineer, first-rater, generate, genius, giant of learning, good hand, govern, great, great soul, guru, handle, head, head up, humanist, illuminate, intellect, intellectual, lead, lead on, learned clerk, learned man, literary man, litterateur, lover of learning, lover of wisdom, magician, mahatma, make the rules, man of genius, man of intellect, man of learning, man of letters, man of wisdom, manage, mandarin, maneuver, manipulate, master, master hand, mentor, mind, mine of information, officer, oracle, order, organize, past master, philologist, philologue, philomath, philosophe, philosopher, plan, planner, polyhistor, polymath, practiced hand, prescribe, prodigy, pull the strings, pundit, quarterback, rabbi, regulate, rishi, run, sage, sapient, savant, scholar, scholastic, schoolman, seer, skilled hand, skipper, star, starets, student, superstar, take command, take the lead, think up, thinker, topnotcher, virtuoso, walking encyclopedia, whiz, wise man, wise old man, wizard, work out, work up

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N proficient, expert, adept, dab, dabster, crackerjack, connoisseur, master, master hand, prima donna, first fiddle, top gun, chef de cuisine, top sawyer, protagonist, past master, mahatma, picked man, medallist, prizeman, veteran, old stager, old campaigner, old soldier, old file, old hand, man of business, man of the world, nice hand, good hand, clean hand, practiced hand, experienced eye, experienced hand, marksman, good shot, dead shot, crack shot, ropedancer, funambulist, acrobat, cunning man, conjuror, wizard, genius, mastermind, master head, master spirit, cunning blade, sharp blade, sharp fellow, jobber, cracksman, politician, tactician, strategist, pantologist, admirable Crichton, Jack of all trades, prodigy of learning.

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