pioneer
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(verb) open up an area or prepare a way; "She pioneered a graduate program for women students" |
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Synonyms: open up |
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Related Words: innovate, introduce |
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(noun) one the first colonists or settler in a new territory; "they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them" |
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Related Words: backwoodsman, bushman, colonist, frontiersman, mountain man, settler |
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(noun) someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art |
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Synonyms: innovator |
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Related Words: conceiver, mastermind, originator |
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(verb) take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants" |
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Synonyms: initiate |
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Related Words: activate, actuate, arrange, attempt, begin, bring about, cause, commence, constitute, devise, do, embark on, establish, found, get up, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, make, mount, organize, plant, prepare, set about, set off, spark, spark off, stage, start, start up, strike up, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip, undertake |
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