Synonyms for trailblazer
Most common
groundbreaker trailbreaker outrider pathbreaker pioneer innovator
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Groundbreaker — synonym of pathfinder. One who is the first to do something in a particular field; an innovator, a pioneer
groundbreaker, trailbreaker, outrider, pathbreaker, waymaker, roadmaker, trailcutter
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Synonym of pathfinder. One who is the first to do something in a particular field; an innovator, a pioneer.
- n. 2
Synonym of pathfinder. One who discovers or makes a new path or way through an untraversed region.
Related words
- Word family
- trail trailblaze
Forms
- Plural
- trailblazers → groundbreakers, trailbreakers, outriders, pathbreakers…
Example sentences
- pathfinder The pathfinder sent by the soldiers is not persistent enough.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| trailblazer | rising | |
| outrider | rising | |
| groundbreaker | steady | |
| pathbreaker | steady | |
| pathfinder | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- pioneer3
- 8 letters
- outrider3, waymaker
- 9 letters
- innovator4, roadmaker
- 10 letters
- pathfinder3
- 11 letters
- pathbreaker, trailcutter
- 12 letters
- trailbreaker
- 13 letters
- groundbreaker
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pioneer3 = 3 syllables).