PIONEERS Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

pioneers 1 of 2

noun

plural of pioneer

as in settlers

a person who settles in a new region the hardships that the pioneers endured while taming the wilderness

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verb

present tense third-person singular of pioneer

as in founds

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of he single-handedly pioneered the university's institute for medical research

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From honoring industry pioneers with the Latin Music Legacy Award to bringing Tito Nieves and Luis Figueroa together to discuss the evolution of salsa, AARP was part of the conversations where culture, community and generations connect. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2026 But beyond icon status, Moncler praises its three leading ladies as pioneers. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 Reps from pioneers such as ReelShort were in town pressing the flesh, while a global microdrama leaders’ summit brought together the likes of COL Group, Roseberry, RJ RisingJoy and NetShort. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 And back in the heyday of Fred Bear and other pioneers of modern bowhunting, climbing a tree to hunt from a stand was hardly a common practice. — Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026 Those younger pioneers were far more likely to use AI in their ventures. — Yan Wu, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2026 New Atlas noted at the time that Samsung was following the path already established by pioneers such as Oura, but its arrival was a clear sign that smart rings were no longer just an experimental niche. — New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026 Industry pioneers such as SpaceX’s Starlink have developed optical inter-satellite links for defense and commercial constellations, deploying large numbers of laser terminals across Starlink and Starshield. — Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Thanks to the modern Artemis Missions, mankind is headed back to the Moon in the next few years, but for their annual Space Game uniforms, the UCF Knights are throwing it back to the pioneers who got us there in the first place. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Verb

This year’s Veteran Era Category, which honors artists that came to musical prominence before 1980, was awarded to bluegrass and folk music pioneers The Stanley Brothers, Ralph and Carter Stanley. — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2026 Geese owes an attitudinal debt to the punk pioneers the Stooges. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025 HackQuest pioneers this approach by creating comprehensive developer profiles on the blockchain. — Douglas B. Laney, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025 DiLoCoX pioneers a number of novel techniques, including pipeline parallelism, adaptive gradient compression, one-step-delay communication overlaps and local training, to create a decentralized AI training environment that scales to unprecedented heights. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025

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Viewers will learn about the fragile alliance between the English settlers and the Wampanoag people, and the conflict that set the stage for the earliest foundations of American identity, according to FOX Nation.

— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
Before settlers came, a few species of native roses grew in the nation, and here in Illinois.

— Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of settlers

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The original model for the kind of adversarial speech the First Amendment aims to protect, McGrane said, was the speech American colonists used against the British.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2026
The animals reached Spain during the Roman Empire and were later brought to what is now Mexico by Spanish colonists in the 1500s.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of colonists

Verb

Sometimes, the administration institutes a cap on GPU export numbers to firms like Alibaba.

— John Werner, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Imagine, for example, a bot tasked with reducing the federal deficit that institutes an elaborate and hard-to-detect accounting gimmick, or a customer-service agent that issues absurd discounts in pursuit of customer-satisfaction ratings.

— Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

Definition of institutes

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This discovery establishes a new way to couple mechanical motion and electricity at the smallest scales, opening new possibilities for molecular electronics.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Article 5 of the NATO charter contains the alliance's mutual-defense guarantee, which establishes that an attack on one is an attack on all.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of establishes

Verb

The program developed by Omordia and Inanga celebrates the traditions and contributions of Black composers and introduces audiences to the work of composers who have historically received less attention on the classical concert stage.

— Megan Fitzgerald, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
Rosval quickly introduces the restaurant’s all-female team, who are preparing dishes from around the world here in the small city of Modena, and celebrating culinary diversity right in the heart of Italy.

— Jessica Jungbauer, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026

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