Mastermind
Code-breaking board game
A mastermind is someone who plans and directs a complex scheme or enterprise, especially a criminal one: Police arrested the mastermind behind the heist.
The word implies exceptional intelligence and strategic thinking.
As a verb, to mastermind is to plan and orchestrate: She masterminded the entire campaign.
The term can be admiring or accusatory depending on context.
Person of rare brilliance
- architectBuilding design professional
- plannerAgenda for scheduling
- schemerCrafty, deceitful planner
- orchestratorOne who organizes complex efforts
brain · visionary · tactician · puppeteer · manipulator · calculating · cunning · brilliant
Arrangement tool or person
- ringleaderChief organizer of wrongdoing
- directorOne who leads
- coordinatorOne who arranges activities
- bossWorkplace superior
chief · head · captain · founder · brains · spearhead · overseer · instigator
genius
Person of rare brilliance
orchestrator · brain · visionary · tactician · puppeteer · manipulator · calculating · cunning · brilliant · devious
organizer
Arrangement tool or person
- ringleaderChief organizer of wrongdoing
- directorOne who leads
- coordinatorOne who arranges activities
boss · chief · head · captain · founder · brains · spearhead · overseer · instigator · pioneer
devise
Create through ingenuity
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
- engineerTechnical design professional
- orchestrateArrange complex undertakings
design · organize · conceive · coordinate · arrange · plot · scheme · construct · develop · craft
deduction
Conclusion from premises
guessing · clues · feedback · puzzle · pattern · sequence · elimination · strategy · player · turns
- two-player gameschess, checkers, backgammon, tic-tac-toe, Connect Four
- brain gamesbrainteasers, brain teasers, logic puzzles, puzzles, crossword puzzles
- Code puzzlescryptograms, codewords, binary codes
- TelepathsProfessor X, Jean Grey, Psylocke, Mewtwo, Espeon
- British EventsWimbledon, FA Cup, Grand National, British Open, Premier League
- puzzlespuzzles, sudoku, jigsaw puzzle, puzzle cube, crossword
Mastermindcollaborator
One who works jointly
facilitator · coordinator · team player · servant leader · peacemaker
- criminal mastermindGenius orchestrating illegal schemes
master, mind, masters, mastered, mastering, masterly, masterful, masterfully, mastery