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