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visionary

[ vizh-uh-ner-ee ]

adjective

  1. given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes:

    a visionary enthusiast.

    Synonyms: impracticable, impractical

    Antonyms: practical

  2. given to or concerned with seeing visions.
  3. belonging to or seen in a vision.
  4. unreal; imaginary:

    visionary evils.

    Synonyms: chimerical, illusory, fancied

  5. purely idealistic or speculative; impractical; unrealizable:

    a visionary scheme.

    Synonyms: unrealistic

  6. of, relating to, or proper to a vision.


noun

plural visionaries.
  1. a person of unusually keen foresight.
  2. a person who sees visions.
  3. a person who is given to audacious, highly speculative, or impractical ideas or schemes; dreamer.

visionary

/ ˈvɪʒənərɪ /

adjective

  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
  5. of, of the nature of, or seen in visions
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a visionary person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈvisionariness, noun
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Other Words From

  • vision·ari·ness noun
  • non·vision·ary adjective noun
  • un·vision·ary adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of visionary1

First recorded in 1640–50; vision + -ary
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Example Sentences

“In these remarkable players, I have found both a profound wellspring of generosity, and a visionary commitment to excellence in music-making.”

Benjamin Netanyahu, who describes President Trump's Gaza plan as "visionary", has repeatedly ruled out any future role for Hamas, but also for the Palestinian Authority.

From BBC

While this vision of the rotting American dream isn’t my favorite of Corbet’s, it is undoubtedly his most visionary work to date.

From Salon

But at 35, the artist known as iLe — one of the most luminous and visionary voices in contemporary Latin music — tends to get a bit claustrophobic about her creative process.

The reality is that, 95% of those visionaries, not only did many of them lose their lives, but all of them lost their livelihoods.

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