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
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 ▲