Definitions for visionary
ˈvɪʒ əˌnɛr ivi·sion·ary

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. visionary(noun)

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

2. visionary, illusionist, seer(adj)

   a person with unusual powers of foresight

3. airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windy(adj)

   not practical or realizable; speculative

   "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. visionary(Noun)

   someone who has visions; a seer

2. visionary(Noun)

   an impractical dreamer

3. visionary(Noun)

   someone who has positive ideas about the future

4. visionary(Adjective)

   having vision or foresight

5. visionary(Adjective)

   imaginary or illusory

6. visionary(Adjective)

   prophetic or revelatory

7. visionary(Adjective)

   idealistic or utopian

Origin: vision + -ary

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Visionary(adj)

   of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions

2. Visionary(adj)

   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

3. Visionary(adj)

   existing in imagination only; not real; fanciful; imaginary; having no solid foundation; as, visionary prospect; a visionary scheme or project

4. Visionary(noun)

   one whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms

5. Visionary(noun)

   one whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Visionary

   Defined broadly, a visionary, is one who can envision the future. For some groups this can involve the supernatural The visionary state is achieved via meditation, drugs, lucid dreams, daydreams, or art. One example is Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century artist/visionary and Catholic saint. Other visionaries in religion are St Bernadette and Joseph Smith.

The New Hacker's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. visionary

   1. One who hacks vision, in the sense of an Artificial Intelligence researcher working on the problem of getting computers to ‘see’ things using TV cameras. (There isn't any problem in sending information from a TV camera to a computer. The problem is, how can the computer be programmed to make use of the camera information? See SMOP, AI-complete.) 2. [IBM] One who reads the outside literature. At IBM, apparently, such a penchant is viewed with awe and wonder.

How to pronounce visionary?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of visionary in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of visionary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of visionary in a Sentence

1. Friedrich Nietzsche:

   The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.

2. Rich Repetto:

   He's been a visionary in the exchange world and a consummate deal maker.

3. Ehsan Sehgal:

   I discuss, with the visionary figures, not those who pretend such as that.

4. Steve Scalise:

   The budget's always a visionary document, but it's also a unifying document.

5. David Brody:

   Jeff was a brilliant strategist, visionary and expert in all things aviation.

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