Visionary
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvɪʒn̩(ə)ɹi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Visionary is an adjective meaning Having vision or foresight.
Meaning
Having vision or foresight.
More Meanings
- Imaginary or illusory.
- Prophetic or revelatory.
- Idealistic or utopian.
- Someone who has visions; a seer.
- An impractical dreamer.
- Someone who has creative and positive ideas about the future.
Example Sentences
a visionary scheme or project
No more theſe ſeenes my meditation aid, / Or lull to reſt the viſionary mind.
To many, the visionary hope which is born of the imagination may seem the very mockery of nothing. We cannot imagine what we have never experienced.
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— […]
Word Forms
- visionaries
Synonyms for visionary
Depending on context, synonyms include airy, seer, impractical, illusionist, utopian.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include seer, utopian, illusionist, impractical, airy, vision.
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