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Pioneer
| Pioneer Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Pioneer?
[n] one the first colonists or settler in a new territory; "they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them"
[n] someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
[v] take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
[v] open up an area or prepare a way; "She pioneered a graduate program for women students"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pioneer: initiate |
innovator |
open up
Related Terms | Find terms related to Pioneer: actuate |
advance guard |
adventurer |
airhead |
alpinist |
ancestor |
announcer |
antecedent |
astronaut |
avant-garde |
battle line |
be in front |
be the front-runner |
beachhead |
begin |
bellwether |
blaze the trail |
break ground |
break the ice |
break the trail |
bridgehead |
buccinator |
bushwhacker |
camper |
climber |
coin |
colonial |
colonist |
colonizer |
combat engineer |
comers and goers |
commuter |
cosmopolite |
create |
cruiser |
develop |
discover |
earliest |
engineer |
establish |
excursionist |
explorer |
fare |
farthest outpost |
first line |
forebear |
forefront |
foregoer |
forerun |
forerunner |
forge ahead |
found |
front |
front line |
front rank |
front runner |
frontiersman |
front-runner |
fugleman |
globe-girdler |
globe-trotter |
go before |
goer |
groundbreaker |
guide |
hajji |
harbinger |
head |
head up |
herald |
homesteader |
immigrant |
inaugurate |
initial |
initiate |
innovate |
innovator |
institute |
introduce |
introduce new blood |
invent |
jet set |
jet-setter |
journeyer |
kick off |
launch |
lay the foundation |
lay the groundwork |
lead |
lead off |
lead runner |
lead the way |
leader |
line |
maiden |
make innovations |
mariner |
messenger |
mountaineer |
neologize |
nester |
open up |
original |
originate |
outguard |
outpost |
pacemaker |
palmer |
passenger |
passerby |
pathfinder |
pilgrim |
pilot |
planter |
point |
precede |
precedent |
precursor |
predecessor |
primary |
prime |
put in motion |
railhead |
revolutionize |
rubberneck |
rubbernecker |
sailor |
sapper |
sapper and miner |
scout |
Seabee |
set in motion |
set off |
set up |
settler |
show the way |
sightseer |
sooner |
spearhead |
squatter |
stand first |
stand in front |
start |
stormy petrel |
straphanger |
take the initiative |
take the lead |
take the plunge |
tourer |
tourist |
trailblazer |
trailbreaker |
transient |
traveler |
trekker |
trend-setter |
trigger |
tripper |
usher in |
van |
vanguard |
vaunt-courier |
viator |
visiting fireman |
voortrekker |
voyager |
voyageur |
wayfarer |
world-traveler
See Also | activate |
actuate |
arrange |
attempt |
backwoodsman |
Bowie |
bring about |
bushman |
cause |
Chapman |
colonist |
conceiver |
constitute |
devise |
do |
establish |
found |
frontiersman |
frontierswoman |
get up |
innovate |
institute |
introduce |
James Bowie |
John Chapman |
Johnny Appleseed |
launch |
machinate |
make |
mastermind |
mount |
mountain man |
organise |
organize |
originator |
plant |
prepare |
set about |
set off |
settler |
spark |
spark off |
stage |
strike up |
touch off |
trigger |
trigger off |
trip |
undertake
Pioneer In Webster's Dictionary
\Pi`o*neer"\, n. [F. pionier, orig., a foot soldier, OF.
peonier, fr. OF. peon a foot soldier, F. pion. See {Pawn} in
chess.]
1. (Mil.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig
trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
2. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the
way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization;
pioneers of reform.
\Pi`o*neer"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pioneered}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Pioneering}.]
To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as
pioneer.
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