Usually means: Innovator initiating significant new developments.
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  1. groundbreaker: Merriam-Webster
  2. groundbreaker: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. groundbreaker: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. groundbreaker: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. groundbreaker: Wordnik
  7. groundbreaker: Wiktionary
  8. groundbreaker: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. groundbreaker: Dictionary.com
  10. groundbreaker: Rhymezone
  11. groundbreaker: FreeDictionary.org
  12. groundbreaker: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. groundbreaker: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.

Similar:
trailblazer, pathbreaker, originator, apostle, trailbreaker, pioneeress, starter, novator, founder, founderer, more...

Opposite:
follower, conformist, traditionalist

Types:
spade, shovel, pickaxe, mattock, grub hoe, digging fork, cultivator, more...

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Similar:
trailblazer, pathbreaker, originator, apostle, trailbreaker, pioneeress, starter, novator, founder, founderer, more...

Opposite:
follower, conformist, traditionalist

Types:
spade, shovel, pickaxe, mattock, grub hoe, digging fork, cultivator, more...



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