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English

Noun

A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation.
: He is the suspected mastermind of a vast drug-smuggling ring.

Verb

To act in the role of mastermind.
: He is suspected of masterminding a vast drug-smuggling ring.

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WordNet mastermind
n 1: someone who creates new things [syn: originator, conceiver]
2: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and
originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but
he's no Einstein" [syn: genius, brain, Einstein]
v : plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded
the robbery" [syn: engineer, direct, organize, organise,
orchestrate]

Moby Dictionary
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