pioneer
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
Types & categories
- mastermind hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
open up an area or prepare a way
She pioneered a graduate program for women students
Types & categories
- innovate hypernym
Related & opposite
- pioneer derivation
Sense 3 noun
one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory
they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them
Types & categories
- settler hypernym
- bushman hyponym
- frontiersman hyponym
- frontierswoman hyponym
- Bowie instance hyponym
- Chapman instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- pioneer derivation
Sense 4 verb
take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
open up and explore a new area
pioneer space
Types & categories
- explore hypernym
Related & opposite
- pioneer derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | initiate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | innovate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pioneer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mastermind |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pioneer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | innovate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pioneer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | settler |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bushman |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | frontiersman |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | frontierswoman |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bowie |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Chapman |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | founding |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | initiator |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pioneer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | cause |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | strike up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | innovate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | trigger |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | institute |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | stage |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mount |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | undertake |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | machinate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | pioneer |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | explore |