Synonyms of pioneering

pioneering 1 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)

pioneering

2 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pioneering

Verb

Thomas Schumacher, a pioneering force for nearly 40 years behind Disney Theatrical Group‘s reign as a top Broadway and international stage presence, will depart the company at the end of the month, Alan Bergman, Co-Chairman, Disney Entertainment, announced to staff today. —Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025

Abbie Hills, 29, is a pioneering talent agent who has built her business around representing actors and actresses with disabilities. —Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

The first studies on gorilla behavior began in the 1950s, through the pioneering fieldwork of George Schaller and Dian Fossey. —Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025

The pioneering work of ILM cemented the role of visual effects in science fiction, and to this day these effects—driven by significant leaps in computation, animation, and rendering software—have contributed to the growth and popularity of the genre. —Nick Foster august 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025

As China accelerates its green transformation, this pioneering building stands both as a symbol and a practical example of how innovation can turn climate ambitions into reality. —Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2025

In 1936, the pioneering logician Alan Turing proved that there’s no universal procedure for answering this question, which became known as the halting problem. —Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2025

From the pioneering Sojourner to the tenacious Perseverance, rovers have become our eyes and ears on Mars. —Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2025

This is a pioneering use of old, ephemeral tech to invent new, eternal cinema, that is so persuasive of its own whimsical worldview that to emerge 186 minutes later is to feel slightly attacked by the garish, hi-def sharpness of reality, and to wonder where all the wonder has gone. —Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025

Adjective

Rise of Asian venture capital In the early 2000s, pioneering firms like GGV Capital (Singapore) and IDG Capital (Beijing) imported Silicon Valley’s venture playbook—multistage funding, board guidance and equity-for-pay. —Rich Karlgaard, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

The company initially faced significant challenges in bringing its pioneering technology to Bay Area streets and highways, with some local leaders chafing against their lack of authority over where the vehicles operate. —Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025

When tragedy strikes close to home, Six and Green are left with not only the tremendous pressure of their pioneering careers and the game itself, but also with the weight and contradiction of what is expected of them. —Eliana Ramage september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025

Highlights include works designed by Julia Munson and Meta Overbeck under the direction of Louis Comfort Tiffany, the house’s pioneering art director celebrated for his experimentation and reverence for nature. —Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025

Recently, generations of Chicago dancers gathered to celebrate Shirley Mordine, the founder of Columbia College’s dance department and its pioneering Presenting Series. —Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025

With a suite of eleven essential newsletters, including Flagship for daily insights, Principals for Washington insiders, Africa for analysis from the continent, Business and Media, Semafor is redefining the news experience by pioneering journalistic innovations from Semaform to Signals. —semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025

The first fires tore across humble, pioneering patches of plant life no taller than your ankle, as well as burning through rather more astonishing, and truly bizarre, 25-foot columns of fungus that briefly held sway on this desolate world before trees. —Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025

Calik Denim, known for its responsible manufacturing processes and pioneering technologies, is one of those suppliers that has restructured to address the ongoing contraction in the global fashion and denim industries. —Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 28 Aug. 2025