ALL meanings of pioneer
pi·o·neer
P p - noun pioneer a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others. 1
- noun pioneer one who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress: pioneers in cancer research. 1
- noun pioneer one of a group of foot soldiers detailed to make roads, dig intrenchments, etc., in advance of the main body. 1
- noun pioneer Ecology. an organism that successfully establishes itself in a barren area, thus starting an ecological cycle of life. 1
- noun pioneer (initial capital letter) Aerospace. one of a series of U.S. space probes that explored the solar system and transmitted scientific information to earth. 1
- noun pioneer (initial capital letter) (formerly) a member of a Communist organization in the Soviet Union for children ranging in age from 10 to 16. Compare Komsomol, Octobrist. 1
- verb without object pioneer to act as a pioneer. 1
- verb with object pioneer to be the first to open or prepare (a way, settlement, etc.). 1
- verb with object pioneer to take part in the beginnings of; initiate: to pioneer an aid program. 1
- verb with object pioneer to lead the way for (a group); guide. 1
- adjective pioneer being the earliest, original, first of a particular kind, etc.: a pioneer method of adult education. 1
- adjective pioneer of, relating to, or characteristic of pioneers: pioneer justice. 1
- adjective pioneer being a pioneer: a pioneer fur trader. 1
- noun pioneer colonist 1
- noun pioneer innovator 1
- noun pioneer characteristic of pioneers 1
- noun pioneer leading, innovative 1
- transitive verb pioneer innovate 1
- transitive verb pioneer be the first 1
- verb pioneer to initiate, prepare, or open up 0
- noun pioneer a total abstainer from alcoholic drink, esp a member of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association, a society devoted to abstention 0
- noun pioneer any of a series of US spacecraft that studied the solar system, esp Pioneer 10, which made the first flyby of Jupiter (1973), and Pioneer 11, which made the first flyby of Saturn (1979) 0
- noun pioneer a member of a military engineer unit trained to construct or demolish bridges, roads, trenches, etc. 0
- noun pioneer a person who goes before, preparing the way for others, as an early settler or a scientist doing exploratory work 0
- noun pioneer a plant, animal, etc. that starts a new cycle of life in a barren area 0
- adjective pioneer being one of the first of its kind 0
- adjective pioneer of or characteristic of the settlers of a new territory 0
- intransitive verb pioneer to be a pioneer 0
- verb transitive pioneer to prepare or open (a way, etc.) 0
- verb transitive pioneer to be a pioneer in or of 0
- countable noun pioneer Someone who is referred to as a pioneer in a particular area of activity is one of the first people to be involved in it and develop it. 0
- verb pioneer Someone who pioneers a new activity, invention, or process is one of the first people to do it. 0
- countable noun pioneer Pioneers are people who leave their own country or the place where they were living, and go and live in a place that has not been lived in before. 0
- noun pioneer a colonist, explorer, or settler of a new land, region, etc 0
- noun pioneer (as modifier) 0
- noun pioneer an innovator or developer of something new 0
- noun pioneer a member of an infantry group that digs entrenchments, makes roads, etc 0
- noun pioneer the first species of plant or animal to colonize an area of bare ground 0
- verb pioneer to be a pioneer (in or of) 0