Pioneer Synonyms and Antonyms

pīə-nîr
A person instrumental in the growth of something, especially in its early stages
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. builder
  2. contributor
  3. creator
  4. developer
Preceding all others in time
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. initial
  2. pioneering
  3. earliest
  4. first
  5. maiden
  6. original
  7. primary
  8. prime
  9. untried
  10. primordial
Antonyms:
  1. last
  2. late
  3. following
  4. later
One who prepares the way
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pathfinder
  2. scout
  3. explorer
One in the vanguard of civilization
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. settler
  2. colonist
  3. pilgrim
  4. immigrant
  5. colonizer
  6. halutz
  7. homesteader
  8. squatter
  9. frontiersman
  10. backwoodsman
A military engineer
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fortification engineer
  2. member of demolition squad
  3. bridge-builder
  4. road builder
  5. miner
  6. sapper
  7. bridge monkey
  8. road monkey
Someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. innovator
  2. trailblazer
  3. groundbreaker

Words Related to Pioneer

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Pioneer Sentence Examples

  • He was the pioneer of British canoeing.

  • Atlanta owes its origin to the development of pioneer railroads of Georgia.

  • For Dr. Howe is the great pioneer on whose work that of Miss Sullivan and other teachers of the deaf-blind immediately depends.

  • At Allahabad is published the Pioneer, perhaps the best known English paper in India.

  • In science, on the other hand, he was a pioneer, working wholly for the future, and in great part alone.

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