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adjective
- 1. thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom: "a visionary leader"
- 2. relating to or having the ability to see visions in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition: "visionary dreams"
noun
- 1. a person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like: "he is a visionary keen on policy-making"
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1. : having or marked by foresight and imagination. a visionary leader. a visionary invention. 2. a. : of the nature of a vision : illusory. b. : incapable of being realized or achieved : utopian. a visionary scheme. c. : existing only in imagination : unreal. 3. a. : able or likely to see visions. b. : disposed to reverie or imagining : dreamy. 4.
a person who has a religious or spiritual experience in which they see a holy person who is not living or they see a holy event that cannot be explained scientifically. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. People who perform magic or have paranormal abilities. alchemist. clairvoyant. conjurer. coven. crone. escapologist. ghostbuster.
Visionary definition: given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes. See examples of VISIONARY used in a sentence.
noun. a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible. see more. adjective. not practical or realizable; speculative. “ visionary schemes for getting rich” synonyms: Laputan, airy, impractical, windy. utopian. characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection. Cite this entry. Style:
If you refer to someone as a visionary, you mean that they have strong, original ideas about how things might be different in the future, especially about how things might be improved.
noun. /ˈvɪʒənri/. /ˈvɪʒəneri/. (plural visionaries) (usually approving) a person who has the ability to think about or plan the future in a way that is intelligent and shows imagination. She was a true visionary.
1. If you refer to someone as a visionary, you mean that they have strong, original ideas about how things might be different in the future, especially about how things might be improved. [...] 2. You use visionary to describe the strong, original ideas of a visionary. [...]