Pioneer

Noun

 * 1) One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow
 * Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization.
 * Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform.
 * 1)  A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
 * 2) A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
 * 3)  A child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party.

Derived terms

 * pioneer axon
 * Pioneer Day

Verb

 * 1) To go before and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.

Synonyms

 * push the envelope
 * break new ground

Adjectives for Pioneer
laboring; primal; rugged; celebrated; veritable; hardy; courageous; daring; undaunted; adventurous; venturous.

Verbs for Pioneer
accoutre—; arm—; hark back to—; immortalize—; inure—; ridicule—; —blazes; —braves; —confronts; —conquers; —dares; ——endures; —envisions; —equips; —faces; —foresees; —plods; —primes; —rigs.

Adverbs for Pioneer
daringly; loyally; laboriously; courageously.

Thesaurus
Seabee, actuate, advance guard, adventurer, airhead, alpinist, ancestor, announcer, antecedent, astronaut, avant-garde, battle line, be in front, be the front-runner, beachhead, begin, bellwether, blaze the trail, break ground, break the ice, break the trail, bridgehead, buccinator, bushwhacker, camper, climber, coin, colonial, colonist, colonizer, combat engineer, comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite, create, cruiser, develop, discover, earliest, engineer, establish, excursionist, explorer, fare, farthest outpost, first line, forebear, forefront, foregoer, forerun, forerunner, forge ahead, found, front, front line, front rank, front runner, front-runner, frontiersman, fugleman, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, go before, goer, groundbreaker, guide, hajji, harbinger, head, head up, herald, homesteader, immigrant, inaugurate, initial, initiate, innovate, innovator, institute, introduce, introduce new blood, invent, jet set, jet-setter, journeyer, kick off, launch, lay the foundation, lay the groundwork, lead, lead off, lead runner, lead the way, leader, line, maiden, make innovations, mariner, messenger, mountaineer, neologize, nester, open up, original, originate, outguard, outpost, pacemaker, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, pilgrim, pilot, planter, point, precede, precedent, precursor, predecessor, primary, prime, put in motion, railhead, revolutionize, rubberneck, rubbernecker, sailor, sapper, sapper and miner, scout, set in motion, set off, set up, settler, show the way, sightseer, sooner, spearhead, squatter, stand first, stand in front, start, stormy petrel, straphanger, take the initiative, take the lead, take the plunge, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, traveler, trekker, trend-setter, trigger, tripper, usher in, van, vanguard, vaunt-courier, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wayfarer, world-traveler

Etymology
From pionier:,  peonier:, from peon: (modern French: pion:). See pawn in chess.

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