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Synonyms for pioneer
ˌpaɪ əˈnɪərpi·o·neer

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  1. pioneerverb

    Synonyms:
    break new ground, push the envelope

  2. pioneerverb

    To go before and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.

    Synonyms:
    break new ground, push the envelope

Princeton's WordNet2.4 / 10 votes

  1. pioneer, innovator, trailblazer, groundbreakernoun

    someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

    Synonyms:
    groundbreaker, innovator, trailblazer

  2. pioneerverb

    one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory

    "they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them"

    Synonyms:
    groundbreaker, innovator, trailblazer

  3. pioneer, open upverb

    open up an area or prepare a way

    "She pioneered a graduate program for women students"

    Synonyms:
    open up, open, initiate

  4. initiate, pioneerverb

    take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

    "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"

    Synonyms:
    induct, originate, initiate, open up, broach, lead up, start

  5. pioneerverb

    open up and explore a new area

    "pioneer space"

    Synonyms:
    open up, initiate

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  1. explorer

    Submitted by anonymous on January 19, 2021  

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How to use pioneer in a sentence?

  1. Bryan Eure:

    I didn't even think of her as a singer, as an entertainer and all that stuff. It's not even respectful enough, she was a real pioneer, she was an extraordinary leader and an example to women and men all around the world with the lesson that if you come from nothing and have good guts, good heart and soul, you can do anything you want in life.

  2. Harry Crosby:

    The way I view dad is not just through the prism of music and film, he was a pioneer in all the different mediums and all the things that came out of that — technology and music and golf, sportsmanship and hunting. There are a lot of different things that describe the human being.

  3. Rob Thummel:

    If you have large acreage positions like Pioneer and Concho, or lesser but more contiguous positions like Parsley Energy, and you're a pure-play Permian producer, there's no doubt that you are on the radar screen for these majors.

  4. Atlantic League:

    After that, were relatively confident thats its going to spread through organized baseball, were very excited about what this portends not only for our league but for the future of baseball. What we know is technology can help umpires be more accurate and were committed to that. We think the Atlantic League is being a pioneer for all of the sport.

  5. Ray Curry:

    The idea is to pioneer an American-style works council, with a Tennessee flavor.


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