What is the meaning of mastermind?

noun

Someone who creates new things.
- synonyms: originator, conceiver
Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality.
- usage: "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"
- synonyms: genius, brain, brainiac, Einstein

verb

Plan and direct (a complex undertaking. )
- usage: "he masterminded the robbery"
- synonyms: engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate

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