Synonyms of explorer

explorer

noun

as in pioneer

someone who is the first to do something or be somewhere

The deep-sea explorer set out to discover shipwrecks long lost to history.

Related Words

• pioneer
• traveler
• adventurer
• voyager
• discoverer
• pathfinder
• colonist
• wanderer
• settler
• trailblazer
• rover
• journeyer
• wayfarer
• woodsman
• precursor
• forerunner
• colonial
• roamer
• frontiersman
• colonizer
• mountain man
• homesteader
• trekker
• bushranger

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of explorer

The backstory The hotel is named after Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolá, who, along with Franciscan missionary Father Junípero Serra, incorporated the city of Monterey in 1770. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026

In 2014, the explorer began a slow ascent of Mount Sharp, a three-mile-tall formation in the middle of Gale crater. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 July 2026

Nagamura is the great-granddaughter of botanist and plant explorer David Fairchild, whose Coconut Grove estate became The Kampong, now part of the National Tropical Botanical Garden. — Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

In humans, traits such as neuroticism and recklessness appear to have some evolutionary basis—emerging perhaps to provide our species with sentries who alerted us to threats, and with explorers who led the way to new food sources. — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026