pace setters
Those in front
Pace setters are leaders who establish the standard or speed others follow.
The term comes from racing, where a pace setter runs at the front to set the tempo.
It extends to business, fashion, or any field where someone leads by example: The company has been a pace setter in sustainable manufacturing.
Also spelled as one word: pacesetter.
- pacemakersImplanted cardiac rhythm devices
- lead dogsSled team's front pair
- leadersThose with authority
- point guardsTeam's primary ball handlers
- first moversInitial market entrants
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- powerhousestitans, giants, juggernauts, heavyweights, behemoths
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People who support someone
laggards · stragglers · tail-enders · also-rans · hangers-on
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Those who replicate others
copycats · followers · traditionalists · dinosaurs · conservatives
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Chronic last-place finishers
also-rans · underperformers · losers · tailenders · tail-enders
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