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

Fratini’s father was the founder of the pioneering Italian denim brand Rifle in Tuscany. — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Raimi, the pioneering horror maestro behind Evil Dead as well as the original Spider-Man trilogy, is repped by CAA. — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026

In the fall of 1989, a select group of Soviet scientists was summoned to Obolensk, a secluded municipality on Moscow’s periphery, and gathered at what appeared to be an insane asylum to discuss a pioneering technique for mass murder. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

In our demonizing present, the story of such a pioneering truth-teller speaks powerfully to the needs of our blended American future. — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

Over the decades, and as several alternate cuts have been produced, the film has come to be regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time, and a pioneering work in the cyberpunk and neo-noir genres. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026

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

Verb

The great wealth transfer is set to hand upward of $124 trillion to a new generation by 2048, while pioneering tech founders and AI investors are generating unprecedented wealth through radical disruption. — James Chen, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026

Denver became a household name playing the title role on Gilligan’s Island, while Kuehl left acting behind entirely to become a pioneering figure in the California legislature. — Sophie Clausen, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

Now, this was in the late 1990s, and there was another pioneering study just a few years later by Ardem Patapoutian’s Lab, who was the co-winner with David Julius on that 2021 Nobel Prize. — Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026

The pioneering San Francisco company, whose ChatGPT chatbot has taken the world by storm since its 2022 launch, denied the government’s allegations, according to the settlement agreement signed Monday and released Tuesday. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026

Several pioneering early hydroelectric projects remain reliably operational more than a full century later. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026

Beijing, in other words, is pioneering a kind of statecraft that privileges quiet, subnational capture over big, flashy projects. — Natalia Cote-Muñoz, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2026

The journey unfolds across eight immersive rooms, with each one exploring facets of Garcia’s life and artistry, from the formative San Francisco years to pioneering work in sound technology and visual art. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

An unusually broad impact George’s passing saw this pioneering Americana-music-and-beyond band go on a nine-year hiatus before regrouping in 1988 with the addition of former Pure Prairie League singer Craig Fuller. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026