Synonyms of the word

groundbreaker

• n. First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.

conceiver

• n. One who, or that which, conceives.

innovator

• n. Someone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.

mastermind

• n. A person with an extraordinary intellect or skill that is markedly superior to his or her peers.
• n. A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation.
• v. To act in the role of mastermind.

originator

• n. Someone who originates, creates or founds something.

pioneer

• n. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
• n. A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
• n. (obsolete, military) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as…
• n. A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
• n. (communism) A child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming…
• v. To go before and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.

trailblazer

• n. One that blazes a trail to guide others; a pathfinder.
• n. (figuratively) An innovative leader in a field; a pioneer.