Search Result for "pioneer":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art;
[syn: pioneer, innovator, trailblazer, groundbreaker]
2. one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory;
- Example: "they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them"
VERB (3)
1. open up an area or prepare a way;
- Example: "She pioneered a graduate program for women students"
[syn: pioneer, open up]
2. take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of;
- Example: "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
[syn: initiate, pioneer]
3. open up and explore a new area;
- Example: "pioneer space"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pioneer \Pi`o*neer"\, n. [F. pionier, orig., a foot soldier, OF. peonier, fr. OF. peon a foot soldier, F. pion. See Pawn in chess.] 1. (Mil.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances. [1913 Webster] 2. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pioneer \Pi`o*neer"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pioneered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pioneering.] 1. To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer. [1913 Webster] 2. to take part in the early development of; to break ground in; to invent or originate. [PJC]U.S. Gazetteer (1990):
Pioneer, CA Zip code(s): 95666 Pioneer, IA (city, FIPS 62985) Location: 42.65348 N, 94.39114 W Population (1990): 46 (16 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Pioneer, LA (village, FIPS 60565) Location: 32.73805 N, 91.43590 W Population (1990): 116 (46 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71266 Pioneer, OH (village, FIPS 62834) Location: 41.67803 N, 84.55208 W Population (1990): 1287 (497 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43554 Pioneer, TN Zip code(s): 37847Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
169 Moby Thesaurus words for "pioneer": 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
