Associations to the word «Mastermind»

Wiktionary

MASTERMIND, noun. A person with an extraordinary intellect or skill that is markedly superior to his or her peers.
MASTERMIND, noun. A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation.
MASTERMIND, verb. To act in the role of mastermind.

Dictionary definition

MASTERMIND, noun. Someone who creates new things.
MASTERMIND, noun. Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein".
MASTERMIND, verb. Plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats