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pioneer

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of pioneer

coming before all others in time or order

  • the nationʼs 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

Synonyms and Antonyms of pioneer

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 universityʼs 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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