visionary

pronunciation

How to pronounce visionary in British English: UK [ˈvɪʒənri]word uk audio image

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  • 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:
    not practical or realizable; speculative

Word Origin

visionary (adj.)
"able to see visions," 1650s (earlier "perceived in a vision," 1640s), from vision + -ary. Meaning "impractical" is attested from 1727. The noun is attested from 1702, from the adjective; originally "one who indulges in impractical fantasies."

Antonym

adj.

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Example

1. So isn 't the visionary mr obama just sloganeering ?
2. Chet was a visionary accused of lacking vision .
3. Ponzi was indeed a strange amalgam of petty visionary and big-time crook .
4. Rivals are unusually generous in their praise , with two describing him as " visionary " .
5. Visionary industrial plans in democratic india are fated to turn messy and become bogged down in political compromises .

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