mastermind
mas·ter·mind
verb
1.
plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- “he masterminded the robbery”
noun
2.
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- “Mozart was a child genius”
- “he”
- “s no Einstein”
Origin
From master + mind.
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