He is a trailblazer in this field.
Source: tatoeba (289958)
Trailblazer
//ˈtɹeɪlˌbleɪ.zə//
Synonyms for "trailblazer" (93 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (46)
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8 entriesderived from
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3 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 19 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- ռահվիրա noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- ռահվիրա noun (innovative leader)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 先驅 /先驱 noun (innovative leader)
Dutch
1 entries- wegbereider noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
Finnish
4 entries- edelläkävijä noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- edelläkävijä noun (innovative leader)
- ladunaukaisija noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- polunraivaaja noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
French
4 entries- pionnier noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- pionnier noun (innovative leader)
- pionnière noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- pionnière noun (innovative leader)
German
3 entries- Vorreiter noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- Vorreiterin noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- Wegbereiter noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
Hungarian
2 entries- úttörő noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- úttörő noun (innovative leader)
Icelandic
1 entries- brautryðjandi noun (innovative leader)
Italian
3 entries- apripista noun (innovative leader)
- pioniere noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- precursore noun (innovative leader)
Japanese
2 entries- 先駆者 noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- 先駆者 noun (innovative leader)
Korean
2 entries- 선구자 noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- 선구자 noun (innovative leader)
Māori
1 entries- kaiparahuarahi noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
Polish
4 entries- innowator noun (innovative leader)
- innowatorka noun (innovative leader)
- pionier noun (innovative leader)
- pionierka noun (innovative leader)
Portuguese
3 entries- desbravador noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- desbravador noun (innovative leader)
- pioneiro noun (innovative leader)
Russian
4 entries- нова́тор noun (innovative leader)
- первопрохо́дец noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- первопрохо́дец noun (innovative leader)
- пионе́р noun (innovative leader)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- krčitelj noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- krčitelj noun (innovative leader)
Spanish
4 entries- colonizador noun (innovative leader)
- colono noun (innovative leader)
- pionero noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- pionero noun (innovative leader)
Swedish
2 entries- banbrytare noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- banbrytare noun (innovative leader)
Ukrainian
4 entries- першопрохо́дець noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- першопрохо́дець noun (innovative leader)
- першопрохі́дник noun (one that blazes a trail to guide others)
- першопрохі́дник noun (innovative leader)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Jane Goodall is a trailblazer for women in science.
Source: tatoeba (12036526)
Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of [Oscar] Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.
Source: wiktionary
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