visionary
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visionary
- /ˈvɪʒn̩(ə)ɹi/ UK
- /ˈvɪʒəˌnɛɹi/ US
adjective more visionary · most visionary
- Having vision or foresight. No more theſe ſeenes my meditation aid, / Or lull to reſt the viſionary mind.
- Imaginary or illusory. I wrapp’d myself in grandeur then, And donn’d a visionary crown— Yet it was not that Fantasy Had thrown her mantle over me— But that, among the rabble—men, Lion ambition is chain’d down— […]
- Prophetic or revelatory. Here frequent, at the viſionary hour, / When muſing midnight reigns or ſilent noon, / Angelic harps are in full concert heard, / And voiced chaunting from the wood-crown’d hill, / The deepening dale, or inmoſt ſilvan glade[…]
- Idealistic or utopian. a visionary scheme or project
noun visionaries
- Someone who has visions; a seer.
- An impractical dreamer. For seven years [Christopher Columbus] begged persistently for aid, but in vain. He was looked upon as a visionary, and the very boys in the street mocked him as a lunatic. At length he was permitted to lay his plans before a committee of learned men, but only to have them ridiculed, the council dis
- Someone who has creative and positive ideas about the future. Robertson was finally asked to step down at the end of 1961. His successor would be Dr Beeching, who was seen as both visionary and axeman.
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Closest in meaning: seer, utopian, illusionist, impractical, airy, vision, perceptive, idealistic, insightful, clear-sighted, insight, ground-breaking, lucid, ideal, prescient, forward-thinking
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adj having vision or foresight
| Español | visionario |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | दूरदर्शी dūrdarśī |
| Português | visionário |
| Français | visionnaire |
| Deutsch | visionär |
| Italiano | visionario, lungimirante |
| Română | vizionar |
adj imaginary or illusory
| Français | illusoire, imaginaire |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | unwirklich |
| Italiano | illusorio, immaginario |
| Русский | мечта́тельный mečtátelʹnyj, вообража́емый voobražájemyj, при́зрачный prízračnyj, фантасти́ческий fantastíčeskij, мни́мый mnímyj, иллюзо́рный illjuzórnyj |
adj prophetic or revelatory
| Español | visionario |
|---|---|
| Français | prophétique |
| Deutsch | seherisch, hellseherisch |
| Italiano | chiaroveggente, veggente, visionario |
| Română | vizionar |
| Русский | проро́ческий proróčeskij, ве́щий véščij |
adj idealistic or utopian
| Français | utopique, idéaliste |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | ideal |
| Italiano | ideale |
| Русский | идеалисти́ческий idealistíčeskij |
noun someone who has visions
| Español | visionario, visionaria |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | दूरदर्शी dūrdarśī |
| Français | visionnaire |
| Deutsch | Visionär, Visionärin |
| Italiano | visionario, visionaria |
| Русский | визионе́р vizionér, визионе́рка vizionérka |
| עברית | חוֹזֶה ẖozé |
noun impractical dreamer
| Español | visionario, visionaria |
|---|---|
| Français | utopiste |
| Deutsch | Träumer, Träumerin, Idealist, Idealistin, Fantast, Fantastin |
| Italiano | visionario, visionaria |
| Русский | мечта́тель mečtátelʹ, мечта́тельница mečtátelʹnica, идеали́ст idealíst, идеали́стка idealístka, фантазёр fantazjór, фантазёрка fantazjórka |
noun someone who has creative and positive ideas for the future
| Français | visionnaire |
|---|---|
| Italiano | visionario, visionaria |
| Русский | прови́дец provídec, прорица́тель proricátelʹ, проро́к prorók |
Talk about this word "visionary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/visionary. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. visionary. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/visionary "visionary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/visionary.Cite this
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