[ UK /vˈɪʒənəɹi/ ]
[ US /ˈvɪʒəˌnɛɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible
  2. a person with unusual powers of foresight
ADJECTIVE
  1. not practical or realizable; speculative
    visionary schemes for getting rich
    airy theories about socioeconomic improvement
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How To Use visionary In A Sentence

  • Some see that as a kind of visionary genius that goes beyond limited piecemeal approaches.
  • Mr. Palomar is a quester after knowledge, a visionary in a world sublime and ridiculous.
  • It didn't come in his lifetime; a catalyst and a visionary, he seemed to be moving too fast to gain purchase on his value system.
  • DOBBS: The White House, says President Bush tonight, will announce what they call visionary proposals to deal with our illegal immigration and border security crises. CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2007
  • And it lives in the designs of Issey Miyake, the playful visionary whose métier is making clothes.
  • Actually, by 1907, Ochs made a visionary technological move by working with the inventor of the radiotelegraph, Guglielmo Marconi, to innovate the world's first transatlantic wireless news service. Ashley Rindsberg: Where Is The New York Times Going?
  • The title character, with a name that recalls the famous telescope, is a quester after knowledge, a visionary in a world sublime and ridiculous.
  • After two days of hearing many excellent pitches from scores of visionary entrepreneurs in the financial tech fintech industry, five things became clear: 1. A seismic shift is underway in the way financial products services will be offered to people and the way in which people will use them. Ben Mangan: Fintech Leaves Fake-o-nomics Behind
  • An excited little man with the staring eyes of a visionary, who harangued us for hours on end about the imminence of apocalypse. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
  • Clinton is the symbolic remainderman of the age of inspiration: admired for his professional political skills, but hardly viewed as a visionary figure. Forget The Angry Voter. The Hacks Are Back.
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