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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.
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.
uk / ˈvɪʒ ə nri / us / ˈvɪʒəneri / plural visionaries. Add to word list. a person who has the ability to imagine how something will develop in the future: He's perhaps the pre-eminent visionary in the area of direct marketing.
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: MLA.
What does the word visionary mean? There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word visionary. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised. See meaning & use.
visionary. (ˈvɪʒənərɪ) adj. 1. marked by vision or foresight: a visionary leader. 2. incapable of being realized or effected; unrealistic. 3. (of people) characterized by idealistic or radical ideas, esp impractical ones. 4. given to having visions.
VISIONARY meaning: 1 : having or showing clear ideas about what should happen or be done in the future; 2 : having or showing a powerful imagination.
adjective. 1. of, having the nature of, or seen in a vision. 2. a. existing only in the mind; not real; imaginary. visionary achievements. b. not capable of being put into effect; not realistic; impractical. a visionary scheme. 3. seeing or disposed to see visions. 4. characterized by impractical ideas or schemes.
VISIONARY definition: able to make plans for the future that are imaginative and wise: . Learn more.
