mastermind

1. 1.

   plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

   “he masterminded the robbery”

   Synonymsengineerdirectorganizeorganiseorchestrate

   Broaderplan

   Narrowerchoreograph

Other forms of mastermind

plural

masterminds·

past tense

masterminded·

present participle

masterminding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mastermind

What does mastermind mean?

mastermind means "someone who creates new things". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mastermind?

mastermind has 3 syllables: mas-ter-mind. The stress falls on "mas". In IPA it is /ˈmæstɚˌmaɪnd/.

What is another word for mastermind?

Close synonyms include originator, conceiver, genius, brain, brainiac. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mastermind a common word?

mastermind is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mastermind?

3 words rhyme with mastermind. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.