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

Born in Buenos Aires in 1959, Cerati rose to international prominence as the frontman, guitarist and creative force behind Soda Stereo, the pioneering band that helped define rock en español across the 1980s and ’90s. — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026

Sway Dasafo, a pioneering British Ghanaian rapper known for his lyric storytelling and championing of British music, has died. — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Rowe is considered a pioneering female sports reporter, having spent 20 years with ESPN and working prior to that as a sports reporter and anchor in Salt Lake City, according to her ESPN bio. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

The great Life magazine photographers—Alfred Eisenstaedt, Robert Capa, and all—were pioneering, fearless, and often weird. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 15 Sep. 2026

In 1966, an ambitious young businessman from Finland, Pekka Koskenkylä, decided to build yachts not from wood but out of a pioneering new material called fiberglass. — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

The institute was a film set — a working re-creation inspired by the Moscow institute run by the pioneering quantum physicist Lev Landau. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Shapiro, who has been hailed as a pioneering artist of the era that followed Minimalism, died in 2025. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Don’t miss the Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, curated by Marin native Joe Breeze, a pioneering mountain bike builder. — Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026

Verb

For the artists and intellectuals who lived there across two decades of pioneering residency programs, Georgia’s Ossabaw Island was a potent source of inspiration. — The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026

Thigpen, whose mother Virginia is a pioneering Davis builder, said each owner treated the house as a historic trust, preserving original fixtures, screens and other pieces for whoever came next. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026

This pioneering vessel proves that cleaning up the operation doesn't require waiting for a distant technological utopia. — New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026

And Michael Dell, the founder and CEO of pioneering tech company Dell Technologies, has just seen his wealth double thanks to the AI boom. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

Cercek herself has been pioneering immunotherapy drugs to treat cancer. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

New York — Omaha Steaks, the pioneering meat delivery company, has been around for over a century. — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

At Ludlow House in New York City, the pioneering rap group reflected on their legacy in the studio and beyond. — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2026

There’s also a growing cohort of creators online who are pioneering the resurgence. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026