Sekirov Dictionary

visionary

UK /ˈvɪʒn̩(ə)ɹi/US /ˈvɪʒəˌnɛɹi/

adjective 4
noun 3
forms 3

adjective4

•
Having vision or foresight.
- No more these seenes my meditation aid, / Or lull to rest the visionary mind. — 1717
Prophetic or revelatory.
Idealistic or utopian.
•
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— […] — 1829

noun3

•
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. — 2023
Someone who has visions; a seer.
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An impractical dreamer.
- Along with the good planners there are lots of wild-eyed visionaries who don’t relate ideas to real-life practicalities. — 1968

forms

visionaries · more visionary · most visionary

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