About The Word Visionary
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Visionary
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What's The Definition Of Visionary?
[n] a person with unusual powers of foresight
[adj] not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich" Synonyms | Synonyms for Visionary: airy | illusionist | impractical | seer | utopian Related Terms | Find terms related to Visionary: See Also | anticipant | anticipator | dreamer | fantast | forecaster | futurist | idealist | intellect | intellectual | predictor | prognosticator | soothsayer Visionary In Webster's Dictionary \Vi"sion*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F. visionnaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized
by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions.
The visionary hour When musing midnight reigns. --Thomson.
2. Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on
the imagination; given to reverie; apt to receive, and act
upon, fancies as if they were realities.
Or lull to rest the visionary maid. --Pope.
3. Existing in imagination only; not real; fanciful;
imaginary; having no solid foundation; as, visionary
prospect; a visionary scheme or project. --Swift.
Syn: Fanciful; fantastic; unreal. See {Fanciful}.
\Vi"sion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Visionaries}. 1. One whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms. 2. One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer. |
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