Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person with an extraordinary intellect or skill that is markedly superior to their peers.

    Superhirn

    мозокmozok, головаholova

  2. (idiomatic)A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation.

    Drahtzieher, Mastermind

    руководи́тельrukovodítelʹ

    керівникkerivnyk

More definitions
  • someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
  • someone who creates new things

Examples

31 sentences
  1. Tom was the mastermind behind the robbery.

    deTom war der Drahtzieher hinter dem Raubüberfall.

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  2. Tom was the mastermind.

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  3. Who was the mastermind?

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  4. Tom is a mastermind.

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  5. Tom was a mastermind.

    ruТом был гением.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
a person with extraordinary intellect:
a person responsible for a major operation:
Русский
By meaning 1
a person responsible for a major operation:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a person with extraordinary intellect:
a person responsible for a major operation:

Origin

From master + mind.

From master + mind.

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Forms

plural: masterminds
Singularmastermind
Pluralmasterminds

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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