VISIONARY

airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windy

(adjective) not practical or realizable; speculative; “airy theories about socioeconomic improvement”; “visionary schemes for getting rich”

visionary, illusionist, seer

(noun) a person with unusual powers of foresight

visionary

(noun) a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

visionary (comparative more visionary, superlative most visionary)

having vision or foresight

imaginary or illusory

prophetic or revelatory

idealistic or utopian

Noun

visionary (plural visionaries)

someone who has visions; a seer

an impractical dreamer

someone who has positive ideas about the future

Source: Wiktionary

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Vi"sion*a*ry, a. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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