mastermind

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]

English

Noun

1. A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation.

   He is the suspected mastermind of a vast drug-smuggling ring.

Verb

1. To act in the role of mastermind.

   He is suspected of masterminding a vast drug-smuggling ring.

Mastermind or Masterminds may refer to:

In books:

• The Master Mind of Mars, a science fiction novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs

In clothing:

• Mastermind Japan, a line of specialty menswear

In comics:

• Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde), a Marvel Comics supervillain, an adversary of the X-Men
• Mastermind (Martinique Jason) or Lady Mastermind, his two daughters
• Mastermind (computer), the alien artificial intelligence that first appeared in Captain Britain
• Master Mind (comic strip), a strip in the British comic Buster
• Mastermind Excello, a name used by two unrelated Marvel Comics superheroes

In film:

• The Master Mind, a 1914 American black & white silent movie
• Masterminds (film), a 1997 film starring Patrick Stewart
• Master Mind (2010 film), an upcoming computer animated film from Dreamworks Animation, scheduled for release in 2010.

In games:

• Mastermind (board game), a code-breaking board game for two players
• Mastermind, a character archetype in the computer game City of Villains

In music:

• Mastermind (U.S. band), a progressive rock band from New Jersey
• Mastermind (Japanese band), a power metal band from Japan
• Dr. Mastermind, a rock band featuring current Journey drummer Deen Castronovo
• Mastermind (album), the 2005 album by British dance diva Tina Cousins
• Mastermind, a 2005 album by hip-hop artist Qsic
• Herbie the Mastermind, a British DJ
• "Mastermind" a track from Mike Oldfield's The Millennium Bell album
• Mastermind, a 2008 single from Mindless Self Indulgence.
• "Mastermind" a track from Megadeth's Cryptic Writings album

In psychology:

• Mastermind (Role Variant), one of the 16 role variants that the Keirsey Temperament Sorter is based on
• INTJ (Mastermind), a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

In television:

• Mastermind (TV series), a British quiz show
  • International Mastermind, Mastermind India, Junior Mastermind, spin-offs of the show
• Masterminds (Canadian TV series), a Canadian TV series airing on History Television in Canada, and Court TV in the US.
• Masterminds (Quiz Bowl), the television show on Time Warner TW3, broadcasting the Quiz Bowl games from the Albany, New York area.

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