'Vanguard' definitions:
Definition of 'vanguard'
(from WordNet)
noun
The leading units moving at the head of an army [syn: vanguard, van]
noun
Any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts) [syn: avant-garde, vanguard, van, new wave]
noun
The position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field; "the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England"; "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy" [syn: vanguard, forefront, cutting edge]
Definition of 'Vanguard'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'vanguard'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance guard,
- airhead,
- ancestor,
- announcer,
- antecedent,
- armed guard,
- avant-garde,
- bank guard,
- battle line,
- beachhead,
- bellwether,
- bridgehead,
- buccinator,
- bushwhacker,
- coast guard,
- cordon,
- cordon sanitaire,
- explorer,
- farthest outpost,
- first line,
- forebear,
- forefront,
- foregoer,
- forerunner,
- front,
- front line,
- front rank,
- front runner,
- front-runner,
- frontiersman,
- fugleman,
- garrison,
- goalie,
- goalkeeper,
- goaltender,
- groundbreaker,
- guard,
- guarder,
- guardsman,
- guide,
- harbinger,
- herald,
- inlying picket,
- innovation,
- innovator,
- jailer,
- latest fad,
- latest fashion,
- latest wrinkle,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- line,
- messenger,
- new look,
- newfangled device,
- novelty,
- outguard,
- outpost,
- pathfinder,
- picket,
- pioneer,
- point,
- precedent,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- railhead,
- rear guard,
- scout,
- security guard,
- spearhead,
- stormy petrel,
- the in thing,
- the last word,
- the latest thing,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- train guard,
- van,
- vaunt-courier,
- voortrekker,
- warder