visionary
Etymology

From vision + -ary.

Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈvɪʒn̩(ə)ɹi/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈvɪʒəˌnɛɹi/
Adjective

visionary

  1. Having vision or foresight.
  2. Imaginary or illusory.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC ↗, page 291 ↗:
      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.
  3. Prophetic or revelatory.
  4. Idealistic or utopian.
    a visionary scheme or project
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visionary (plural visionaries)

  1. Someone who has visions; a seer.
  2. An impractical dreamer.
  3. Someone who has creative and positive ideas about the future.
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