innovator
/ˈɪnəveɪtə
/noun
A person who introduces new methods, ideas, or products: he was one of the great innovators in jazz...
- It is true that not every person can be, or should be an innovator, pioneer or leader.
- ‘Some of these children will be the innovators and the wealth creators of the future,’ he says.
- They can only be expected to take the latter course if leading innovators put the necessary work and investment into accessibility to begin with.
Synonyms
pioneer, developer, groundbreaker, trailblazer, pathfinder, front runner, spearhead, prime mover;
modernizer, reformer, reformist, progressive, progressivist;
experimenter, inventor, creator
formal neoteric