adj
Meaning 1
Having vision or foresight.
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adj
Having vision or foresight.
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adj
Imaginary or illusory.
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adj
Prophetic or revelatory.
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adj
Idealistic or utopian.
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noun
Someone who has visions; a seer.
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noun
An impractical dreamer.
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noun
Someone who has creative and positive ideas about the future.
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adjective satellite
not practical or realizable; speculative
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noun
a person with unusual powers of foresight
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Broader terms: intellectual, intellect
Narrower terms: anticipator, anticipant, diviner, fantast, futurist, forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer
noun
a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible
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Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: idealist, dreamer
History
Etymology tree English vision Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English visionary From vision + -ary.
Across languages
178 source translations are retained for this English entry.