Pioneer 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 15
/ˌpaɪəˈnɪəʳ/ (noun & verb)
Noun: a person who is ahead of others at doing something, innovator or inventor, developer, creator, forerunner – the first person who explores a specific territory, discoverer
Verb: to be a pioneer, invent or innovate new things, establish, found, lead the way, open up, initiate
More than half of the industry’s leading pioneers founded their companies before their 27th birthdays, from Sony’s Aldo Morita in 1946 (aged 25) to Mark Zuckerberg, who set up Facebook in 2004 when he was only 19, though that was still three months older than Bill Gates when he started in software.
Source: https://www.ft.com/
Antonyms: imitate, imitator
Adjective: pioneering
