pilot

³pilot

adj

Definition of PILOT

: serving as a guiding or tracing device, an activating or auxiliary unit, or a trial apparatus or operation <a pilot study>

Examples of PILOT

1. The group conducted a pilot program.
2. <a new pilot program to train inner-city residents for jobs in the tech sector>

First Known Use of PILOT

1802

Related to PILOT

Synonyms: developmental, experimental, trial

Related Words: exploratory, investigative, probative; preliminary, preparatory, provisional, temporary, tentative; conjectural, hypothetical, speculative, theoretical (also theoretic); untested, untried; unproved, unproven

Near Antonyms: accepted, established, standard; tested, tried; advanced, developed; proved, proven; conclusive, decisive, definitive, final, permanent

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