trendsetter

Meanings

nountrendsetter (plural trendsetters)

plural trendsetters · alternative trend-setter · alternative trend setter

Someone who starts a trend, or makes something more popular.
Near-synonyms: influencer, thought leader
1 more example
"We are very optimistic. Network Rail has certainly been the trendsetter. It has been the champion of this, because it spotted the merit.
2025 July 23, Paul Clifton, “Air force: drones' developing railway role”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 31

Also see

Finnish edelläkävijä, muotisuuntauksen luoja

French tendanceur, lanceur de mode

German Trendsetter

Japanese トレンドセッター

Polish trendsetter, trendsetterka

Russian законода́тель мо́ды, законода́тельница мо́ды

законода́тель мо́ды (zakonodátelʹ módy)someone who starts a trend, or makes one more popular
законода́тельница мо́ды (zakonodátelʹnica módy)someone who starts a trend, or makes one more popular
трендсе́ттер (trɛndsɛ́ttɛr)someone who starts a trend, or makes one more popular

Spanish iniciador de modas, pionero de tónicas

Swedish trendsättare, trendskapare

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APA

trendsetter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trendsetter

MLA

“trendsetter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trendsetter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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