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Visionary

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Noun

1. visionary

a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible

2. illusionist, seer, visionary

a person with unusual powers of foresight

Adjective

3. airy, impractical, laputan, visionary, windy

not practical or realizable; speculative

Example Sentences:
'airy theories about socioeconomic improvement'
'visionary schemes for getting rich'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Visionary

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adjective
1. 
marked by vision or foresight
a visionary leader
2. 
incapable of being realized or effected; unrealistic
3. 
(of people) characterized by idealistic or radical ideas, esp impractical ones
4. 
given to having visions
5. 
of, of the nature of, or seen in visions
noun plural -aries
6. 
a visionary person

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Visionary

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adjective
1. 
of, having the nature of, or seen in a vision
2. 
a. 
existing only in the mind; not real; imaginary
visionary achievements
b. 
not capable of being put into effect; not realistic; impractical
a visionary scheme
3. 
seeing or disposed to see visions
4. 
characterized by impractical ideas or schemes
nounWord forms: plural ˈvisionˌaries
5. 
a person who sees visions; prophet or seer
6. 
a person whose ideas, plans, etc. are impractical, too idealistic, or fantastic; dreamer
7. 
a person of strong and creative imaginative power and, often, the ability to inspire others

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Visionary

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adj.
1. Characterized by vision or foresight.
2.
a. Having the nature of fantasies or dreams; illusory.
b. Existing in imagination only; imaginary.
3.
a. Characterized by or given to apparitions, prophecies, or revelations.
b. Given to daydreams or reverie; dreamy.
4.
a. Not practicable or realizable; utopian: visionary schemes for getting rich.
b. Tending to envision things in perfect but unrealistic form; idealistic.
n. pl. vi·sion·ar·ies
1. One who is given to impractical or speculative ideas; a dreamer.
2. One who has visions; a seer.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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