trendsetter

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trend·set·ter | \ ˈtren(d)-ˌse-tər

variants: or less commonly trend-setter

plural trendsetters also trend-setters

Definition of trendsetter

: one that sets a trend : someone or something that starts or helps to popularize a new fashion, style, movement, etc. a trendsetter in the fashion industry Every ten years or so, for a different set of reasons each time, cultural trendsetters rally behind one musician with whom they sense a bond and who then comes to symbolize jazz to the mass media.— Francis Davis The county has become a trendsetter in other types of environmental legislation … — Chemical & Engineering News

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Synonyms & Antonyms for trendsetter

Synonyms

Antonyms

follower,
imitator

Examples of trendsetter in a Sentence

a closely watched trendsetter in women's fashions

Recent Examples on the Web Today, Japan is an innovator and trendsetter in cosmetics, skin care and beauty tools. — New York Times, 3 June 2021 Instilling Confidence in Children through Preventative Dental Care. List three adjectives that describe you: Resilient, trendsetter, quirky. — Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al, 15 May 2021 Gigi Hadid, an airport-fashion trendsetter, wore a head-to-toe clashing-print Vivienne Westwood runway look to JFK airport in March 2020, just before airlines began reducing the frequency of their flights. — Rory Satran, WSJ, 8 May 2021 Bieber is credited with being a trendsetter, while people of color's natural hair is discriminated against, policed and oppressed. — USA Today, 5 May 2021 For Bitcoin believers, where the business world's top trendsetter goes, venturesome corporate captains will follow. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 May 2021 Some called Selena a trendsetter while others, like Twitter user @Op1nions1, dug deep and found that Kendall actually wore the dress back in January for her Vogue China cover shoot. — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 5 Apr. 2021 She already was considered a trendsetter for her versatility and ability to play any position on the court. — Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2021 There was no hesitation from Paul in making Duncanville a trendsetter. — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 20 Mar. 2021

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