the forefrontnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈfɔː.frʌnt/us/ˈfɔːr.frʌnt/the most noticeable or important position:
She was one of the politicians at/in the forefront of the campaign to free the prisoners.
His team is at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Describing the leading position
- ahead
- be in the front line idiom
- be streets ahead idiom
- front
- frontier
- lead 1
- lead the field/pack/world idiom
- leading edge
- pacemaker
- pioneering
- spearhead
- standard-bearer
- street
- the cutting edge
- the front line
- the frontiers of sth idiom
- the vanguard
- trailblazer
- van