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MASTERMIND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
Example:
he's smart but he's no Einstein
Synonyms:
brain; brainiac; Einstein; genius; mastermind
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mastermind" is a kind of...):
intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mastermind"):
prodigy (an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who creates new things
Synonyms:
conceiver; mastermind; originator
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("mastermind" is a kind of...):
creator (a person who grows or makes or invents things)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mastermind"):
beginner; father; founder; founding father (a person who founds or establishes some institution)
groundbreaker; innovator; pioneer; trailblazer (someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art)
mover; proposer ((parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion)
proposer; suggester (someone who advances a suggestion or proposal)
Derivation:
mastermind (plan and direct (a complex undertaking))
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they mastermind
... he / she / it masterminds
Past simple: masterminded
-ing form: masterminding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
Example:
he masterminded the robbery
Synonyms:
direct; engineer; mastermind; orchestrate; organise; organize
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "mastermind" is one way to...):
plan (make plans for something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mastermind"):
choreograph (plan and oversee the development and details of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
mastermind (someone who creates new things)