mastermind

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1. conceive, contrive, think up, come up with, have the bright idea, Inf. hatch, Inf. dream up; devise, frame, forge, plan, design, shape, form, mold, develop, work up; originate, innovate, initiate, found, establish, start, instigate, inaugurate, launch; create, author, invent, produce, generate, make; execute, carry [s.t.] out, move [s.t.] forward, engineer, manage, direct, guide, lead.

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2. conceiver, contriver, mind, intellect, genius, Sl. brains, Inf. think tank; deviser, framer, forger, planner, designer, architect; instigator, instigant, inciter, provoker; originator, initiator, founder, father, founding father, institutor, establisher; creator, author, producer, maker, generator, builder; executor, prime mover, pusher, engineer, orchestrator, manager, executive, director, guide, leader, master.