trailblazernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtreɪlˌbleɪ.zər/us/ˈtreɪlˌbleɪ.zɚ/the first person to do something or go somewhere, who shows that it is also possible for other people:
Orville and Wilbur Wright were aviation trailblazers.
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 forefront
- the front line
- the frontiers of sth idiom
- the vanguard
- van