| Main Entry: | vanguard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forefront |
Synonyms: |
front, lead, leaders, leading |
Antonyms: |
followers, rear |
| Main Entry: | avant-garde |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconventional, forward-looking |
Synonyms: |
beat*, experimental, head*, hip*, innovative, lead, leading-edge, liberal, new, new wave, pioneering, progressive, radical, state-of-the-art, vanguard |
Antonyms: |
conservative, conventional |
| Main Entry: | cutting edge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leading position |
Synonyms: |
advance guard, advancement, avant-garde, fore, forefront, front, front line, innovation, invention, leading edge, new wave, newest technology, pioneer, point, spearhead, van, vanguard |
| Main Entry: | forefront/foreground |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prominence |
Synonyms: |
beginning, center, cutting-edge, focus, fore, forepart, front, lead, leading-edge, limelight, on the line, spearhead*, state-of-the-art, vanguard |
Antonyms: |
back, background, rear, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | front |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forward, beginning part of something |
Synonyms: |
anterior, bow, breast, brow, exterior, facade, face, facing, fore, foreground, forehead, forepart, front line, frontage, frontal, frontispiece, head, lead, obverse, proscenium, top, van, vanguard |
Antonyms: |
back, rear |
| Main Entry: | guide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that or someone who leads |
Synonyms: |
adviser, attendant, captain, chaperon, cicerone, conductor, controller, convoy, counselor, criterion, design, director, docent, escort, example, exemplar, exhibitor, genie, genius, guiding spirit, guru, ideal, inspiration, lead, leader, lodestar, mentor, model, monitor, paradigm, pathfinder, pattern, pilot, pioneer, rudder, scout, standard, superintendent, teacher, usher, vanguard |
| Main Entry: | head |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | front, beginning |
Synonyms: |
commencement, first place, fore, forefront, fountainhead, origin, rise, source, start, van, vanguard |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, end, ending, finish |
| Main Entry: | innovator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inventor |
Synonyms: |
avant-garde, creator, discoverer, groundbreaker, pioneer, prequel, trailblazer, trendsetter, vanguard |
| Main Entry: | lead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first place, supremacy |
Synonyms: |
advance, advantage, ahead, bulge, cutting edge*, direction, edge, example, facade, front rank, guidance, head, heavy, leadership, margin, model, over, pilot, point, precedence, primacy, principal, priority, protagonist, spark, star, start, title role, top, top spot, vanguard |
Antonyms: |
last |
| Main Entry: | precursor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that indicates outcome or event beforehand |
Synonyms: |
forerunner, harbinger, herald, messenger, outrider, usher, vanguard |