Groundbreaker

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  groundbreaker
       n : someone who helps to open up a new line of research or
           technology or art [syn: {pioneer}, {innovator}, {trailblazer}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "groundbreaker":
     ancestor, announcer, antecedent, avant-garde, bellwether,
     buccinator, bushwhacker, explorer, forebear, foregoer, forerunner,
     front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, guide, harbinger, herald,
     innovator, lead runner, leader, messenger, pathfinder, pioneer,
     point, precedent, precursor, predecessor, scout, stormy petrel,
     trailblazer, trailbreaker, vanguard, vaunt-courier, voortrekker