Thesaurus results for 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.

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Recent Examples of explorer Clarkias are named after prominent explorer William Clark, who, along with Meriwether Lewis, took his personal slave York on their most famous expedition. —

Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 This winter, an underwater explorer found a snowmobile in Maine's Sebago Lake that sank 35 years ago in the channel between Frye Island and the mainland. —

Wgme-Tv Staff, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026 Percy Fawcett, the main character of Grann’s story of obsession, was a British explorer who vanished mysteriously with his son in 1925, while on the hunt for a mythical Amazonian city. —

Eva Holland, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2026 Just this month, the yard launched Mitan, a 128-foot pocket explorer that has a range of 6,000 nautical miles. —

Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for explorer

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The 24,000-square-foot building was erected in 1965 by shopping mall pioneer and developer Ernest Hahn to serve as his corporate headquarters.

— Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
And Mighty Real also spotlights under-the-radar but equally important LGBTQ pioneers like Lavender Country and the artists from women’s music label Olivia Records.

— David Chiu, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026