Visionary - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈvɪʒənerɪ|
Brit.
|ˈvɪʒ(ə)n(ə)rɪ|
noun
- a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible
- a person with unusual powers of foresight (syn: illusionist, seer)
- a person with unusual powers of foresight (syn: illusionist, seer)
adjective
- not practical or realizable; speculative (syn: airy, impractical, windy)
visionary schemes for getting rich
Extra examples
She is known as a visionary leader.
He had a visionary experience.
She's a visionary in her field.
...according to Greek myth, Cassandra was a visionary who was endowed with the gift of inerrant prophecy but fated to never be believed...
He was a visionary possessed of a powerful and discerning mind.
Under his visionary leadership, the city prospered.
...an industrialist who remains an eidolon of the visionary and ambitious self-made man...
...a pragmatic man, not given to grand, visionary schemes...
Word forms
noun
singular: visionary
plural: visionaries
singular: visionary
plural: visionaries
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