engineer a plan; organize a plot; invent a scheme
genius; one who engineers an intricate plan; intellect of a mastermind
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Mastermind Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
mastermind
n
1. someone who creates new things [syn: originator, conceiver]
2. someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality [syn: genius, brain]
v : plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery" [syn: engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate]
Noun
1. someone who creates new things
(synonym) originator, conceiver
(hypernym) creator
(hyponym) founder, beginner, founding father, father
(derivation) engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate
2. someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"
(synonym) genius, brain, Einstein
(hypernym) intellectual, intellect
(hyponym) prodigy
Verb
1. plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
(synonym) engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate
(hypernym) plan
(hyponym) choreograph
(derivation) originator, conceiver
Mastermind Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Mastermind may refer to:
In psychology
- Genius, someone embodying exceptional intellectual ability, creativity, or originality, typically to a degree that is associated with the achievement of unprecedented insight
- Mastermind (role variant), one of the 16 role variants that the Keirsey Temperament Sorter is based on
- INTJ (Mastermind), a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
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