| Main Entry: | mastermind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan and direct |
Synonyms: |
author, organize, think up |
| Main Entry: | brain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very smart person |
Synonyms: |
Einstein, academician, doctor, egghead, genius, highbrow, intellect, intellectual, mastermind, prodigy, pundit, sage, scholar |
Antonyms: |
dumbo, dumdum, simpleton |
| Main Entry: | commander |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leader of military or other organization |
Synonyms: |
CO, administrator, big cheese, boss, captain, chief, commandant, czar, director, don, exec, guru, head, head honcho, head person, high priest/priestess, higher up, kingfish, kingpin, lead-off person, mastermind, officer, point person, ruler, skipper, top banana, top brass, top dog |
Antonyms: |
follower |
| Main Entry: | contrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring about, succeed with difficulty |
Synonyms: |
achieve, angle, arrange, carry out, cogitate, collude, compass, concoct, connive, develop, devise, effect, elaborate, engineer, execute, finagle, hatch, hit upon, intrigue, jockey, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, pass, plan, play games, plot, project, scheme, shift, swing, work out, wrangle |
Antonyms: |
demolish, destroy, ruin, stop, waste, wreck |
| Main Entry: | devise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceive, dream up |
Synonyms: |
ad-lib, arrange, blueprint*, brainstorm*, cast, chart, cogitate, come up with, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up, craft, create, design, discover, dope out, fake it, forge, form, formulate, frame*, get off, hatch, head trip, imagine, improvise, intrigue, invent, machinate, make up, mastermind*, plan, play it by ear, plot, prepare, project, scheme, shape, spark, think up, throw together, trump up, vamp, whip up, work out |
Antonyms: |
borrow |
| Main Entry: | originator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creator |
Synonyms: |
architect, author, begetter, designer, discoverer, father, founder, initiator, innovator, inventor, maker, mastermind, mother, pioneer, producer |
| Main Entry: | prodigy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or thing that is extraordinary |
Synonyms: |
brain*, child genius, curiosity, enormity, freak*, genius, intellect, marvel, mastermind, miracle, monster, natural, one in a million, phenomenon, portent, rare bird, rarity, sensation, spectacle, stunner, talent, whiz kid, whiz*, wizard, wonder, wonder child, wunderkind |
| Notes: | prodigy refers to a person with exceptional talents, protégé is a male who is guided or helped by someone, and protégée is the female version |
| Main Entry: | ringleader |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leader |
Synonyms: |
agitator, boss, brains, captain, chief, chieftain, commander, general, head, head honcho, inciter, instigator, mastermind, orchestrator, president, ruler, skipper, spokesperson, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | thinker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intellectual |
Synonyms: |
brain*, intellect, intellectualist, mastermind, philosopher, rocket scientist, sage, savant, scholar, sophist, theorist, visionary, wise man, wise person, wise woman |
| Main Entry: | thinker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intellectual |
Synonyms: |
brain, casuist, mastermind, mind, philosopher, sage, scholar, sophist, student, theorist |