early adopter

[ ur-lee uh-dop-ter ]

noun

1. a person who uses a new product or technology before it becomes widely known or used.

early adopter

noun

1. one of the first people or organizations to make use of a new technology

Word History and Origins

Origin of early adopter¹

First recorded in 1845–50

Example Sentences

These counties were early adopters of curfews as a way to contain the virus.

From ProPublica

Affable, heavy-set, and easy to talk to, Ruiz is known across the industry as an early adopter who’s not afraid to experiment with new technology.

From MIT Technology Review

Squad was notably partnered closely with Snap and was an early adopter of many of the company’s Snap Kit developer tools.

From TechCrunch

Personally, I was not exactly an early adopter when it comes to addressing climate change.

From Fortune

Phan is one of Twitch’s early adopters among beauty influencers and brands, but the list is growing.

From Digiday

The Clinton Foundation chose Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the first Too Small to Fail project because it was an early adopter of HIPPY.

From The Daily Beast

In the other, a wonderful new world of cabin amenities beckons everybody to be an early adopter.

From The Daily Beast

Though Gore was an early adopter of technology, even he could not foresee the impact of social media on politics today.

From The Daily Beast

Notoriously tech-unsavvy, the computerless McCain seems an unlikely early adopter.

From The Daily Beast