mastermind Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who creates new things
    originator; conceiver.
  2. noun someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
    Einstein; genius; brainiac; brain.
    • Mozart was a child genius
    • he's smart but he's no Einstein
  3. verb plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
    organize; direct; organise; engineer; orchestrate.
    • he masterminded the robbery

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