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

The vehicle, which was sold in North America as an Acura model, paired a pioneering all-aluminum body with a potent V-Tech V-6 that made nearly 300 hp. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

Mariyam’s story comes through the perspective of her lawyer, Marlo Cadeddu, a pioneering female defense attorney who was part of some of the most significant cases in the war on terror. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

Îacaré was born in Brazil’s wild Pantanal, where the founder’s family operates a pioneering caiman operation that emphasizes transparency and traceability. — Katie Abel, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

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

Verb

Their pioneering work accelerated the field of nuclear science. — Andrea Richard, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026

The evolution of land plants and the development of soil go hand in hand—as these pioneering plants, trees, and animals died and their decomposing remains were recycled on land, by fungi and the first soil invertebrates, modern soils began to form. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

In the decades after those pioneering studies reported an inverse flux in two-dimensional systems, physicists did not deeply interrogate whether those flows were fixed. — Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

The recognition honors Endaya’s more than five decades of pioneering work in feminist and socially engaged art. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Astrologically, this lunation will peak in the bold and pioneering sign of Aries, adding a fiery and passionate vibe to this visually striking moment. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

Atmosphere is a sweeping romance between two pioneering female astronauts breaking into NASA in the early days of the shuttle program in the late ’70s and early ’80s. — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026

As cofounder and frontwoman of the Bags and the Alice Bag Band in the ‘70s and early ‘80s, the pioneering Chicana icon has served as inspiration for generations of women in rock music. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

The University of Tennessee and Arctos Partners are pioneering a model for something similar in college sports. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2026