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[ vizh-uh-ner-ee ] / ˈvɪʒ əˌnɛr i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR visionary ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivegiven to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes: a visionary enthusiast. given to or concerned with seeing visions. belonging to or seen in a vision. unreal; imaginary: visionary evils. purely idealistic or speculative; impractical; unrealizable: a visionary scheme. of, relating to, or proper to a vision. noun, plural vi·sion·ar·ies.a person of unusually keen foresight. a person who sees visions. a person who is given to audacious, highly speculative, or impractical ideas or schemes; dreamer. Origin of visionaryFirst recorded in 1640–50; vision + -ary SYNONYMS FOR visionary1 impractical, impracticable. 4 fancied, illusory, chimerical. 5 unrealistic. SEE SYNONYMS FOR visionary ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR visionarySEE ANTONYMS FOR visionary ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM visionaryvi·sion·ar·i·ness, nounnon·vi·sion·ar·y, adjective, nounun·vi·sion·ar·y, adjectiveWords nearby visionaryvisible speech, Visigoth, Visine, vision, visional, visionary, vision board, vision cloth, visioned, vision mixer, vision quest Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for visionaryThe visionaries, makers and investors building the future and changing the way we move everything around the world. Last day to save on passes to TC Sessions: Mobility 2020|Alexandra Ames|September 11, 2020|TechCrunch Because there is a whole sisterhood of women who are ambitious, visionaries, and who recognize the change that we need to see in the world. Book recommendations from Fortune’s 40 under 40 in government and policy|Rachel King|September 10, 2020|Fortune Fortune published its latest 40 Under 40 list of the innovators, leaders, and otherwise commendable visionaries this week. The ‘under 40’ crowd leading revolutions in health care|Sy Mukherjee|September 3, 2020|Fortune He lacks Edison’s business acumen and penchant for self-promotion, but is armed with a visionary idea and relentless ambition. Ethan Hawke stars in ‘Tesla,’ a quirky biopic about the iconic inventor|Maria Temming|August 19, 2020|Science News
When the generations that come after us, our charge is that we will be enough, and be visionary enough, for them to be proud of what we’ve done. Morning Report: Report Finds Evidence of Fraud in Sweetwater Budget Mess|Voice of San Diego|June 23, 2020|Voice of San Diego Ken Russell, the now sadly deceased British film director, told me he considered Jarman a visionary. The Queer Genius of Film Director Derek Jarman|Tim Teeman|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST I wanted to talk about your career as well, since you were honored here with the Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award. Frances McDormand on 'Olive Kitteridge,' Dropping LSD, and Her Beef With FX's 'Fargo'|Marlow Stern|September 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Dream Cars: Innovative Design, Visionary Ideas is on display at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta until September 7. Dreaming Up the Cars of the Future|Justin Jones|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Our visionary scientists have found the Achilles heel of yet another enemy of the State—the Superbug! The Fake Superbug Cure|Kent Sepkowitz|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST He cites Jim Collins and Jerry Porras's Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. In the Backseat With Janelle Monae: A Limo Ride with the Stylish R&B Diva|Douglas Wolk|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST There was in his character, perhaps, something of the visionary and the transcendentalist. Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo If, hitherto, you have supposed me a visionary, be undeceived. The Confidence-Man|Herman Melville Nobody is less of a visionary theorist; nobody has drawn his speculations more from practice. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke|Edmund Burke "You are a visionary, my boy," said the duke, gazing at him in blank astonishment. The World's Greatest Books, Vol III|Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds. These were the visionary and turbulent (p. 37) Archer and his follower Ratcliffe. The Beginners of a Nation|Edward Eggleston.
British Dictionary definitions for visionary
adjectivemarked by vision or foresighta visionary leader incapable of being realized or effected; unrealistic (of people) characterized by idealistic or radical ideas, esp impractical ones given to having visions of, of the nature of, or seen in visions Derived forms of visionaryvisionariness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to visionarynoble, grandiose, idealistic, radical, introspective, ambitious, quixotic, starry-eyed, lofty, seer, prophet, zealot, idealist, dreamer, romantic, theorist, daydreaming, ideal, utopian, dreaming |