path-breaking
adjective
Pioneering; innovative: their path-breaking work opened up a new era in cancer research...
- He was honoured by the NIF for his path-breaking innovation.
- They also deliberated on the path-breaking innovations that changed things for the better.
- Its path-breaking preliminary report is currently being updated on the basis of 80-plus sessions for youth, parents and teachers.
Derivatives
path-breaker
- We know about the most famous of these geniuses such as Einstein, Galileo, Newton and Darwin but this book also celebrates dozens of path-breakers who died unsung.
- Designed exclusively for the path-breakers and trendsetters in fusion music, the award will be presented annually in the country's metros.
- This Anglosphere civilization has been the path-breaker for modernity, initiating modern democratic institutions and the industrial and subsequent economic revolutions.