explorer
US /ɪkˈsplɔrɚ/
Definition
someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The museum has an exhibition about a famous explorer of the Arctic.
Word Family
Synonyms
- adventurera person who enjoys taking risks
- pioneersomeone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
Collocations
- Easy brave jungle explorerto brave jungle explorer, meaning to face and withstand with courage
- Medium web explorer interfaceto web explorer interface, meaning to construct or form a web, as if by weaving
- Hard early polar explorer expeditiondescribing early polar explorer expedition (at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time)
- Very Hard intrepid explorer venturing into unknowndescribing intrepid explorer venturing into unknown (invulnerable to fear or intimidation)
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