Synonyms for visionary
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : vizh-uh-ner-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪʒ əˌnɛr i |
Top 10 synonyms for visionary Other synonyms for the word visionary
- abstracted
- astral
- castle-builder
- chimerical
- daydreamer
- daydreaming
- delusory
- Don Quixote
- dreaming
- dreamy
- enthusiast
- exalted
- fanciful
- fantastic
- ideal
- idealist
- illusory
- imaginary
- impractical
- in the clouds
- musing
- mystic
- otherworldly
- pretentious
- prophetic
- romancer
- romantic
- seer
- speculative
- stargazer
- starry-eyed
- theorist
- unreal
- unrealistic
- unworkable
- unworldly
- utopian
- zealot
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for visionary
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