visionary
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈvɪʒənˌɛri/
:
soñador
- So, the concerns of the little people don't apply to visionaries like you?
- religious visionaries
- people as visionaries
- called a visionary
Examples
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Mr. Floop is one such visionary.
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Okay, you're a visionary, and also the only one who believes me.
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Sometimes the visionary needs to be kept in a corner somewhere.
Blog text (21) -
In my opinion, Millard had become a visionary with fantastic ideas, mad dreams of developing flying suits to change man into human rockets.
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Oh, so you think of yourself as a visionary, like Socrates or Marco Polo.
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The entrepreneurs and visionaries begin with great altruism but end up building useless applications and devices.
Blog text (30) -
The experience itself differs little from that of many other mystics and visionaries, predominantly women, of the high Middle Ages.
Academic text (1992) -
Not surprisingly, this doomsday scenario failed to develop as its visionaries had imagined.
Academic text (2008) -
Our enlightened visionaries are leading us into a briar patch, confident there will be no consequences.
Blog text (9) -
As a visionary, she often dreamed of a future where technology could solve all of humanity's problems.
Synonyms
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3.8
A person who imagines new things and cares more about ideas than practical plans
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5.0
A person who follows strong beliefs rather than practical needs
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3.3
A person who often imagines things instead of paying attention
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7.0
A person who believes what they want rather than what the facts show
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8.1
A person who makes new ideas and stories in their mind, like a writer or artist
Antonyms
Compounds
How Unrealistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Visionary also comes from vision, 'to see', and a helpful way to remember the second meaning is this: a visionary may be someone who 'sees' ideas others do not, and sometimes those ideas are fanciful or not realistic.