Synonyms for Pioneer
ˌpaɪ əˈnɪərpi·o·neer

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.8 / 5 votes

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 WordNetRate these synonyms:2.4 / 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, pioneer

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, pioneer, 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, pioneer

5. pioneerverb

   open up and explore a new area

   "pioneer space"

   Synonyms:
   open up, initiate

Matched Categories

1. • Cause
   • Explore

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1. explorer

   Submitted by anonymous on January 19, 2021  

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "pioneer":

   pioneers, trailblazer, forerunner, herald, raed, vanguard, maj., precursor, frontier

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How to use Pioneer in a sentence?

1. Yossi Cadan:

   The United States will probably not be the pioneer here.

2. Sean Hannity:

   God, faith, family, country – this is what Rush Limbaugh embodied and tens of millions of Americans listened, he was an innovator, he was a pioneer, he was a trailblazer, he was a great patriot. He fought every single day to make this country a more perfect union and a better place.

3. 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.

4. Jeff Maggioncalda:

   I realized I’m a learner, adopting a growth mindset, being open-minded, being curious, being open-hearted to new people and new ideas and learning is important right now. The world is going to look fundamentally different - and that will help you become a pioneer in the new normal.

5. Weinbaum:

   What bull shit-while he was a pioneer in Sci-fi I doubt that Stanley Weinbaum wrote a quote in his life. The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings. Put THAT in a Google search. Dave Weinbaum