'Visionary' definitions:

Definition of 'visionary'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich" [syn: airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windy]
noun
A person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible
noun
A person with unusual powers of foresight [syn: visionary, illusionist, seer]

Definition of 'Visionary'

From: GCIDE
  • Visionary \Vi"sion*a*ry\, n.; pl. Visionaries.
  • 1. One whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Visionary'

From: GCIDE
  • Visionary \Vi"sion*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F. visionnaire.]
  • 1. Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions. [1913 Webster]
  • The visionary hour When musing midnight reigns. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Or lull to rest the visionary maid. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Existing in imagination only; not real; fanciful; imaginary; having no solid foundation; as, visionary prospect; a visionary scheme or project. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Fanciful; fantastic; unreal. See Fanciful. [1913 Webster]

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