pioneer
[noun]
Synonyms:
- settler, colonist, explorer
- founder, developer, innovator, leader, trailblazer
[verb]
Synonyms:
- develop, create, discover, establish, initiate, instigate, institute, invent, originate, show the way, start

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Related Words: pilot

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. pi‧o‧neer¹ /ˌpaɪəˈnɪə $ -ˈnɪr/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Old French; Origin: peonier 'soldier', from peon, from Medieval Latin pedo; ⇒ pawn¹]

1. someone who is important in the early development of something, and whose work or ideas are later developed by other people
pioneer of
John Whitney was a pioneer of computer animation.
He was a pioneer in the field of biotechnology.

2. one of the first people to travel to a new country or area and begin living there, farming etc:
the early pioneers of the Dakota territory

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. pioneer² verb [transitive]
to be the first person to do, invent, or use something:
The new cancer treatment was pioneered in the early eighties by Dr Sylvia Bannerjee.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

pioneer
noun
ADJ. early | true
PIONEER + NOUN spirit | missionary
PREP. ~ in one of the early pioneers in plastic surgery

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