mastermind n 1: someone who creates new things [syn: {originator}, {conceiver}] 2: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein" [syn: {genius}, {brain}, {Einstein}] v : plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery" [syn: {engineer}, {direct}, {organize}, {organise}, {orchestrate}]