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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.

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  2. given to or concerned with seeing visions.

  3. belonging to or seen in a vision.

  4. unreal; imaginary.

    visionary evils.

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  5. purely idealistic or speculative; impractical; unrealizable.

    a visionary scheme.

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  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

/ ˈɪəəɪ /

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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Other Word Forms

  • visionariness noun
  • nonvisionary adjective
  • unvisionary adjective
  • ˈDzԲԱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of visionary1

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

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In the three works by Ibarra on the program, she proved a capacious sonic visionary.

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Wilson, who died Wednesday at 82, was one of music’s true visionaries, if that’s the right word for a guy who dealt in the endless possibility of sound.

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“He was a visionary who was integral in the founding and the spirit of Outside Lands. Everyone in the Another Planet family will miss him dearly.”

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And to the extent they are visionaries, it is probably more limited in scope than we might think.

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Schlesinger, along with partner Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, had been working with student filmmakers in a local magnet arts program, with hopes of finding young visionaries to support in a collaborative production.

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