trailblazing
First to venture
Trailblazing means pioneering or innovative—being the first to do something that others will follow.
The image is of cutting a path through wilderness for others to use: her trailblazing work in genetics, a trailblazing civil rights leader.
A trailblazer opens new territory, whether literal or figurative.
Introducing radical new ideas
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
- vanguardForemost position or group
- forerunnerOne that comes before
- trendsetterOne who initiates styles
visionary · innovator · originator · founder · first-mover · leader · spearhead · front-runner
Tending to interrupt order
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- inventiveShowing original thought
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
creative · original · ingenious · unprecedented · transformative · game-changing · radical · bold
Organized exploratory journey
- discoveryAct of finding something
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- frontierEdge of settlement
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
uncharted · scouting · pathfinding · bushwhacking · backcountry · terra incognita · unmapped · virgin territory
groundbreaking
Introducing radical new ideas
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
- vanguardForemost position or group
- forerunnerOne that comes before
trendsetter · visionary · innovator · originator · founder · first-mover · leader · spearhead · front-runner · revolutionary
disruptive
Tending to interrupt order
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- inventiveShowing original thought
revolutionary · creative · original · ingenious · unprecedented · transformative · game-changing · radical · bold · daring
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
- discoveryAct of finding something
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- frontierEdge of settlement
wilderness · uncharted · scouting · pathfinding · bushwhacking · backcountry · terra incognita · unmapped · virgin territory · new ground
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyage
- creative traitscreative, imaginative, inventive, innovative, original
- exploratory venturesexpedition, voyage, safari, trek, quest
- innovationinnovation, invention, innovative, innovate, breakthrough
- originalityoriginality, uniqueness, novelty, creativity, inventiveness
- descriptorsnew, novel, original, innovative, modern
trailblazingderivative
Function's rate of change
imitative · unoriginal · conventional · hackneyed · formulaic
trailblazingfollowing
Coming after another
imitative · follower · copycat · trailing · derivative
trailblazingunremarkable
Not worthy of comment
forgettable · insignificant · pedestrian · mediocre · undistinguished
- trailblazing womenWomen forging new paths
trail, blaze, blazing, trailer, ablaze, trailing, trails, blazer, blazed