Antonyms for visionary

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : vizh-uh-ner-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪʒ əˌnɛr i

Definition of visionary

Origin : "able to see visions," 1650s, from vision + -ary. Meaning "impractical" is attested from 1727. The noun is attested from 1702, from the adj., originally "one who indulges in impractical fantasies."

adj idealized, romantic
noun person who dreams, is idealistic

Example sentences :

It was precisely on the pattern of that worn by the visionary Maid.
Extract from : « The Threefold Destiny (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

He had formerly been ridiculed as a visionary, he was now pitied as a desperado.
Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various

Gone were the days of sarcastic ridicule, of visionary politics.
Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet

There were others who tried to draw him into visionary speculations.
Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) » by Various

I remembered that he had looked to you for the perpetuation of his visionary soul.
Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad

He is a visionary; surly, jealous, and envious in his disposition.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

And they are exact visions, for this idealist is no visionary.
Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad

In their visionary leaps to affluence they soared to giddy heights.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

The rest of his system was imagination, and the imagination of a visionary.
Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo

It is not a Utopian and visionary theory, unsupported by experience.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various

Synonyms for visionary

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