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breaking new ground

ADJECTIVE
innovative
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contemporary ingenious inventive new original
WEAK
avant-garde cutting-edge deviceful innovational innovatory just out leading-edge newfangled originative state-of-the-art
Antonyms
STRONGEST
old old-fashioned worn
WEAK
customary habitual traditional uncreative unimaginative
ADJECTIVE
innovatory
Synonyms
WEAK
adroit artistic avant-garde causative constructive creative demiurgic deviceful fertile forgetive formative fruitful gifted imaginative ingenious innovational innovative inspired original originative poetical productive resourceful teeming
ADJECTIVE
inventive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
gifted imaginative ingenious innovative original resourceful
WEAK
adroit artistic avant-garde causative constructive demiurgic deviceful fertile forgetive formative fruitful innovational innovatory inspired originative poetical productive teeming
Antonyms
STRONGEST
dull inept old uncreative unimaginative unresourceful
WEAK
stolen uninventive unoriginal
ADJECTIVE
novel
Synonyms
STRONGEST
different innovative odd offbeat peculiar strange unique unusual
STRONG
avant-garde contemporary now recent singular
WEAK
at cutting edge atypical far cry fresh funky just out modernistic neoteric new-fashioned newfangled rare uncommon unfamiliar
Antonyms
STRONGEST
common familiar like normal regular similar standard usual
STRONG
future old past
WEAK
customary ordinary overused used worn
ADJECTIVE
original
Synonyms
STRONGEST
creative imaginative innovative inventive seminal unconventional unusual
STRONG
devising envisioning formative novel quick ready sensitive
WEAK
avant garde causal causative conceiving demiurgic fertile generative ingenious innovational innovatory inspiring originative productive resourceful unprecedented untried
Antonyms
WEAK
borrowed hackneyed latest old used worn
ADJECTIVE
singular
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bizarre exceptional extraordinary peculiar rare remarkable strange uncommon unimaginable unparalleled unprecedented unusual
STRONG
avant-garde cool eccentric loner original special weird
WEAK
atypical conspicuous curious eminent noteworthy out-of-the-way outlandish outstanding prodigious puzzling unordinary unthinkable unwonted
Antonyms
STRONGEST
common familiar inferior normal ordinary regular standard typical unexceptional unremarkable usual
WEAK
attached combined mixed together

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“Far” traces expansion in two directions: geographic, as Norton’s eye moved beyond California to Japan, Cuba, England; and social, into work breaking new ground on questions of gender, sexuality and post-colonial histories.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Tinder is not breaking new ground here - seasoned swipers will be familiar with various kinds of filter, which are now common features of dating apps including in the UK.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2025

And Reijn, who most recently directed the 2022 satirical horror-comedy “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” understands that she’s not breaking new ground by simply reminding us of the dissonance between image and reality.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

Co-author Dr David Saxey, from the John de Laeter Centre at Curtin said the research is breaking new ground in how we understand the universe, pushing the boundaries of both analytical techniques and astrophysical models.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2024

He liked complex problems, and he liked breaking new ground.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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