English noun: mastermind |
1. | mastermind (person) someone who creates new things |
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| Synonyms | conceiver, originator |
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| Broader (hypernym) | creator |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | beginner, father, founder, founding father, groundbreaker, innovator, mover, pioneer, proposer, proposer, suggester, trailblazer |
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2. | mastermind (person) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality |
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| Samples | Mozart was a child genius. He's smart but he's no Einstein.
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| Synonyms | brain, brainiac, Einstein, genius |
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| Broader (hypernym) | intellect, intellectual |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | prodigy |
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