pathfinder
First through wilderness
A pathfinder is someone who goes ahead to find or make a route through unfamiliar territory.
The term extends to anyone who pioneers new methods or opens new fields: She was a pathfinder in women's athletics.
Pathfinder also names various navigation devices and exploration vehicles, including NASA's 1997 Mars mission.
Organized exploratory journey
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- scoutOne who reconnoiters
- frontierEdge of settlement
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
trek · journey · exploration · cartographer · terrain · adventurer · voyager · mountaineer
Early explorer or settler
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
- trendsetterOne who initiates styles
- forerunnerOne that comes before
vanguard · avant-garde · catalyst · disruptor · originator · architect · leader · revolutionary
Device showing cardinal directions
- mapSpatial representation of terrain
- waypointNavigation reference location
- bearingPosture or orientation
- coursePlanned path forward
chart · GPS · orienteering · landmark · sextant · astrolabe · heading · coordinates
Horizontal furniture surface
- d20Twenty-faced gaming die
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- roleplayingAssuming fictional identities
sourcebook · gamemaster · quest · party · dungeon · spellcaster · feat
One who instructs
- advisorOne who gives guidance
- counselorOne who advises
- sherpaNavigator through difficulty
- facilitatorNeutral process guide
guru · navigator · leader · elder · sensei · torchbearer · steward · confidant
Red planet, war deity
- CuriosityMars surface laboratory
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
- JPLRobotic spacecraft research facility
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
lander · robotics · terrain · mission · Perseverance · autonomous · wheels · surface
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
wilderness · trek · journey · exploration · cartographer · terrain · adventurer · voyager · mountaineer · bushwhacker
pioneer
Early explorer or settler
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
- trendsetterOne who initiates styles
forerunner · vanguard · avant-garde · catalyst · disruptor · originator · architect · leader · revolutionary · first-mover
compass
Device showing cardinal directions
- mapSpatial representation of terrain
- waypointNavigation reference location
- bearingPosture or orientation
course · chart · GPS · orienteering · landmark · sextant · astrolabe · heading · coordinates · route
tabletop
Horizontal furniture surface
roleplaying · sourcebook · gamemaster · quest · party · dungeon · spellcaster · feat
coach
One who instructs
facilitator · guru · navigator · leader · elder · sensei · torchbearer · steward · confidant · sage
Mars
Red planet, war deity
- CuriosityMars surface laboratory
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
- JPLRobotic spacecraft research facility
spacecraft · lander · robotics · terrain · mission · Perseverance · autonomous · wheels · surface · geology
- findersviewfinder, rangefinder
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyage
- exploratory missionsMars rover, Voyager, Arctic expedition, space probe, lunar mission
- frontierfrontier, pioneer, pioneers, settlers, settler
- guidesguidebook, handbook, manual, walkthrough, how-to
- Mazesmaze, labyrinth, corn maze, hedge maze, ball maze
pathfinderfollower
One who supports another
imitator · conformist · sheep · copycat · latecomer
pathfindertraditionalist
Adherent to established customs
conservative · conventionalist · stick-in-the-mud · old guard · reactionary