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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forefront |
| Synonyms: | front, lead, leaders, leading |
| Antonyms: | followers, rear |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | precursor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that indicates outcome or event beforehand |
| Synonyms: | forerunner, harbinger, herald, messenger, outrider, usher, vanguard |
| Main Entry: | scout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is searching, investigating |
| Synonyms: | advance, adventurer, detective, escort, explorer, guard, lookout, outpost, outrider, patrol, picket, pioneer, precursor, reconnoiterer, recruiter, runner, sleuth, spotter, spy, vanguard |
| Antonyms: | target |
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