groundbreaker Synonyms

trailblazer innovator pioneer first author to join be the first to succeed be first at something be a forerunner trendsetter progressivist avant-gardist vanguardist prime mover avant-garde precursor clodbreaker earlier fighter fellow pioneer experimental person electronic pioneer early user early proponent early practitioner early founder early forerunner early actor earliest explorer founding father pacesetter pacemaker inventor instigator herald harbinger founder forerunner foregoer experimenter developer bellwether leader modernizer creator avant-garde spearhead reformist reformer progressive precursor pathfinder pacer neoteric