pioneer

Speech parts

1. pioneer - Noun

2. pioneer - Verb

4. Pioneer - Proper noun

Meaning

A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.

To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

innovator groundbreaker trailblazer pathfinder explorer colonist lead developer founder initiate forerunner originator settler open up initiator
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Antonyms

end following last close complete indigenous
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Hypernyms

colonist make cause introduce explore originator

Hyponyms

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Phrases with the word

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Derivatives

pioneered pioneering

Anagrams

pereion

Examples

This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants Source: Internet

She pioneered a graduate program for women students Source: Internet

they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them Source: Internet

pioneer space Source: Internet

2JJ was also a pioneer in terms of its coverage of local music. Source: Internet

About the same distance northwest would take us across the river to Canada East and into the heart of Wright’s Town, named for the pioneer settler of Hull Township, Philemon Wright (just as canal builder Lt.-Col. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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