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pioneer

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of pioneer

coming before all others in time or order

the nation's pioneer institution for the education of African-Americans

Synonyms of pioneer

earliest, first, foremost, headmost, inaugural, initial, leadoff, maiden, original, premier, virgin

Words Related to pioneer

ancient, early, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial

antecedent, preceding, previous

Near Antonyms of pioneer

advanced, late

consequent, ensuing, following, subsequent, succeeding

penultimate

Antonyms of pioneer

final, last, latest, latter, terminal, terminating, ultimate

pioneer

noun

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a person who settles in a new region

the hardships that the pioneers endured while taming the wilderness

Synonyms of pioneer

colonial, colonist, colonizer, frontiersman, homesteader, settler

Words Related to pioneer

explorer, pathfinder, trailblazer

bushranger, mountain man, woodsman

pioneer

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of pioneer

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

he single-handedly pioneered the university's institute for medical research

Synonyms of pioneer

begin, constitute, establish, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, plant, set up, start

Words Related to pioneer

author, father, originate

conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), create, devise, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, produce, think (up)

construct, put up

develop, enlarge, expand

endow, finance, fund, subsidize

arrange, organize, systematize, systemize

refound, reinitiate, reinstitute, relaunch

Near Antonyms of pioneer

abolish, annihilate, annul, nullify

end, finish, halt, stop, terminate

round (off or out), wind up, wrap up

Antonyms of pioneer

close (down), phase out, shut (up)

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