Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: airy, illusionist, impractical, seer, utopian

See Also: anticipant, anticipator, dreamer, fantast, forecaster, futurist, idealist, intellect, intellectual, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer

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