pacesetter
/pˈeɪsˌɛtɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who or that which determines the rate of action through leading.
Example Sentences
- "It’s all been a dreadful embarrassment, but why should anyone outside Germany be concerned? Because Documenta was always a pacesetter — and this year’s edition certainly put its finger on a larger shift, seen too in our museums, our art schools and our magazines, away from aesthetic ambition and intellectual seriousness and toward the easier comforts of togetherness, advocacy and fun."