mastermind
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who creates new things
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- mastermind derivation
- initiate derivation
- conceive derivation
Sense 2 verb
plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
he masterminded the robbery
Types & categories
- plan hypernym
- choreograph hyponym
Related & opposite
- organization derivation
- orchestration derivation
- organization derivation
- organisation derivation
- engineer derivation
- organiser derivation
- mastermind derivation
- directive derivation
Sense 3 noun
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
Mozart was a child genius
Types & categories
- intellectual hypernym
- prodigy hyponym
Related & opposite
- brainy derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mastermind |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | initiate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conceive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | creator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | founder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pioneer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mover |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | proposer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | organization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | orchestration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | organization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | organisation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | engineer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | organiser |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mastermind |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | directive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | plan |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | choreograph |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | brainy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | intellectual |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | prodigy |