Synonyms of pioneering

pioneering 1 of 2

adjective

as in revolutionary

Related Words

• revolutionary
• trailblazing
• advanced
• progressive
• state-of-the-art
• alternative
• cutting-edge
• nontraditional
• unconventional
• underground
• avant-garde
• antiestablishment
• avant
• bizarre
• new
• original
• novel
• modern
• unprecedented
• outré
• way-out
• far-out
• unfamiliar
• unheard-of
• contemporary
• fresh
• unknown
• newfangled
• strange
• current
• modernistic
• present-day
• ultramodern
• unaccustomed
• up-to-date
• mod
• red-hot
• space-age
• new-fashioned
• hot

Dissimilar Words

• traditional
• conventional
• established
• customary
• orthodox

pioneering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of pioneer

as in founding

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

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• founding
• establishing
• initiating
• introducing
• launching
• creating
• instituting
• inaugurating
• beginning
• innovating
• planting
• starting
• constructing
• originating
• constituting
• developing
• inventing
• organizing
• devising
• authoring
• manufacturing
• producing
• setting up
• expanding
• thinking (up)
• conceiving
• fathering
• cooking (up)
• funding
• financing
• concocting
• enlarging
• endowing
• subsidizing
• contriving
• arranging
• making up
• fabricating
• systematizing
• relaunching
• reinstituting
• refounding
• systemizing
• reinitiating
• putting up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closing (down)
• shutting (up)
• abolishing
• phasing out
• finishing
• stopping
• ending
• halting
• terminating
• nullifying
• annihilating
• annulling
• winding up
• wrapping up
• rounding (off or out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pioneering

Adjective

Jackson, the pioneering physician after whom Jackson Memorial Hospital is named, built the cottage to house his medical practice next to his home, demolished in the 1990s, in downtown Miami. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

Mike Browning, the drummer and vocalist best known for co-founding the pioneering death metal bands Morbid Angel and Nocturnus, has died. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 July 2026

Friends of the pioneering punk musician Jennifer Finch have set up a fundraiser to support her amid a battle against brain cancer. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026

Born in Northern Ireland and raised in New Zealand, Neill was a pioneering figure in the development of film in the antipodes. — Chris Morris, Variety, 13 July 2026

His grandfather, Jagat Mohan Lal, was a pioneering Indian tennis player in the 1920s who made a historic run to the fourth round at the 1925 Wimbledon Championships. — Peter Lane Taylor, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

The family-run Tybee Oyster Company now offers public tours of its pioneering oyster farm, including a three-hour scenic boat ride through the salt marshes of Bull River along the Georgia coast. — Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 9 July 2026

Spirit, the pioneering discounter, permanently shut down operations on May 2 after failing to secure a federal government bailout. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026

The New York Heights were inspired by Dorothy Irene Height, a pioneering civil rights and women’s rights leader from New York. — Alanis Thames, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026

Verb

Griffin and his wife, pioneering architect Marion Mahony, who had both started their careers at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Oak Park Studio, had beaten 136 competitors to design a new capital city for Australia. — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

There are several promising trends that other countries are now building upon, reflecting the importance of Australia’s pioneering policies. — Ravi Iyer, Time, 18 July 2026

The pioneering artist Julia Scher has focused on the different shapes and meanings of surveillance for decades. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

In fact, the semiconductor industry switched from aluminum to copper in the late 1990s, with IBM pioneering the transition in 1997. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026

Innovation is often measured by scientific breakthroughs, transformative technologies or pioneering discoveries. — Pradeep Khosla, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2026

Then, pair a Black Angus rump steak, aged for three weeks in herbed butter and redolent of fresh rosemary (€38), with a glass of a spicy-fruity Barolo from the pioneering Piedmont vintner Chiara Boschis (€22). — New York Times, 16 July 2026

View gallery - 4 images Alpine offered a first look at its new high-performance electric sports car at the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend – all thanks to a pioneering new process for developing a new car platform. — New Atlas, 15 July 2026

After a stint at his own animation studio, Ub returned to Disney as a special effects engineer, pioneering techniques like the 360-degree motion-picture camera. — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026