| find(verb, determine, see, catch, observe) |
| foreshadow(noun, verb, lead, head, anticipate) |
| go in advance(expression, idiom, lead, head, anticipate) |
| have a head start(expression, idiom, lead, head, anticipate) |
| headmost(adjective, head, beginning, opening, original) |
| in space(verb, expression, lead, head, anticipate) |
| initiatory(adjective, beginning, opening, original, first) |
| innovative(adjective, development, breakthrough, innovating) |
| instigate(verb, make, open, start, leave) |
| inventor(noun, discoverer) |
| lead off(expression, adjective, head, beginning, prime) |
| leading(adjective, head, beginning, original, prime) |
| leadoff(adjective, beginning) |
| lodestar(noun, model, leader, director, attendant) |
| mariner |
| outrank(verb, lead, head, anticipate, presage) |
| outrider(watch, guard, spy, lookout, patrol) |
| pacemaker |
| pilot(noun, guide, model, head, leader) |
| pioneers |