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visionary

adj · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɪʒn̩(ə)ɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈvɪʒəˌnɛɹi/
  • CMU ARPABET: V IH1 ZH AH0 N EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having vision or foresight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Imaginary or illusory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Prophetic or revelatory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Idealistic or utopian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a visionary scheme or project

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Someone who has visions; a seer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An impractical dreamer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

Someone who has creative and positive ideas about the future.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

not practical or realizable; speculative

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • airy theories about socioeconomic improvement
  • visionary schemes for getting rich

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: airy, impractical, Laputan, windy

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a person with unusual powers of foresight

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: illusionist, seer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: intellectual, intellect

Narrower terms: anticipator, anticipant, diviner, fantast, futurist, forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer

10

noun

Meaning 10

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: idealist, dreamer

History

Etymology

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

Translations

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: визионерски (vizionerski) — having vision or foresight
  • Catalan: visionari — having vision or foresight
  • Danish: visionær — having vision or foresight
  • Dutch: visionair — having vision or foresight
  • Finnish: näkemyksellinen — having vision or foresight
  • Finnish: visionäärinen — having vision or foresight
  • French: visionnaire — having vision or foresight
  • Galician: visionario — having vision or foresight
  • German: visionär — having vision or foresight
  • Hindi: दूरदर्शी (dūrdarśī) — having vision or foresight
  • Irish: aislingeach — having vision or foresight
  • Italian: visionario — having vision or foresight
  • Italian: lungimirante — having vision or foresight
  • Macedonian: визионе́рски (vizionérski) — having vision or foresight
  • Norwegian Bokmål: visjonær — having vision or foresight
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: visjonær — having vision or foresight
  • Portuguese: visionário — having vision or foresight
  • Romanian: vizionar — having vision or foresight
  • Spanish: visionario — having vision or foresight
  • Swedish: visionär — having vision or foresight
  • Turkish: vizyoner — having vision or foresight
  • Welsh: gweledigaethol — having vision or foresight
  • Bulgarian: въображаем (vǎobražaem) — imaginary or illusory
  • Bulgarian: илюзорен (iljuzoren) — imaginary or illusory
  • Danish: uvirkelig — imaginary or illusory
  • Dutch: denkbeeldig — imaginary or illusory
  • Dutch: ingebeeld — imaginary or illusory
  • Dutch: onwerkelijk — imaginary or illusory
  • Finnish: kuvitteellinen — imaginary or illusory
  • French: illusoire — imaginary or illusory
  • French: imaginaire — imaginary or illusory
  • Georgian: მეოცნებე (meocnebe) — imaginary or illusory
  • Georgian: ფანტაზიორი (panṭaziori) — imaginary or illusory
  • Georgian: არარეალური (ararealuri) — imaginary or illusory
  • German: unwirklich — imaginary or illusory
  • Irish: aislingeach — imaginary or illusory
  • Italian: illusorio — imaginary or illusory
  • Italian: immaginario — imaginary or illusory
  • Macedonian: воо́бразен (voóbrazen) — imaginary or illusory
  • Macedonian: фанта́стичен (fantástičen) — imaginary or illusory
  • Macedonian: нере́ален (neréalen) — imaginary or illusory
  • Macedonian: за́мислен (zámislen) — imaginary or illusory
  • Russian: мечта́тельный (mečtátelʹnyj) — imaginary or illusory
  • Russian: вообража́емый (voobražájemyj) — imaginary or illusory
  • Russian: при́зрачный (prízračnyj) — imaginary or illusory
  • Russian: фантасти́ческий (fantastíčeskij) — imaginary or illusory
  • Russian: мни́мый (mnímyj) — imaginary or illusory
  • Russian: иллюзо́рный (illjuzórnyj) — imaginary or illusory
  • Russian: нереа́льный (nereálʹnyj) — imaginary or illusory
  • Bulgarian: ясновидски (jasnovidski) — prophetic or revelatory
  • Dutch: visionair — prophetic or revelatory
  • Dutch: helderziende — prophetic or revelatory
  • Finnish: ilmestyksellinen — prophetic or revelatory
  • Finnish: profeetallinen — prophetic or revelatory
  • French: prophétique — prophetic or revelatory
  • Georgian: წინასწარმეტყველური (c̣inasc̣armeṭq̇veluri) — prophetic or revelatory
  • German: seherisch — prophetic or revelatory
  • German: hellseherisch — prophetic or revelatory
  • Irish: aislingeach — prophetic or revelatory
  • Italian: chiaroveggente — prophetic or revelatory
  • Italian: veggente — prophetic or revelatory
  • Italian: visionario — prophetic or revelatory
  • Macedonian: ви́довит (vídovit) — prophetic or revelatory
  • Macedonian: јасно́виден (jasnóviden) — prophetic or revelatory
  • Romanian: vizionar — prophetic or revelatory
  • Russian: проро́ческий (proróčeskij) — prophetic or revelatory
  • Russian: ве́щий (véščij) — prophetic or revelatory
  • Spanish: visionario — prophetic or revelatory
  • Bulgarian: мечтателен (mečtatelen) — idealistic or utopian
  • Bulgarian: утопичен (utopičen) — idealistic or utopian
  • Danish: idealistisk — idealistic or utopian
  • Danish: urealistisk — idealistic or utopian
  • Danish: utopisk — idealistic or utopian
  • Dutch: idealistisch — idealistic or utopian
  • Dutch: onrealistisch — idealistic or utopian
  • Dutch: fantastisch — idealistic or utopian
  • Dutch: utopisch — idealistic or utopian
  • Dutch: onverwezenlijkbaar — idealistic or utopian
  • Finnish: ihanteellinen — idealistic or utopian
  • Finnish: idealistinen — idealistic or utopian
  • Finnish: utopistinen — idealistic or utopian
  • French: utopique — idealistic or utopian
  • French: idéaliste — idealistic or utopian
  • Georgian: იდეალისტური (idealisṭuri) — idealistic or utopian
  • Georgian: წარმოსახვითი (c̣armosaxviti) — idealistic or utopian
  • Georgian: უტოპიური (uṭoṗiuri) — idealistic or utopian
  • German: ideal — idealistic or utopian
  • Irish: aislingeach — idealistic or utopian
  • Italian: ideale — idealistic or utopian
  • Macedonian: идеали́стички (idealístički) — idealistic or utopian
  • Macedonian: со́нлив (sónliv) — idealistic or utopian
  • Russian: идеалисти́ческий (idealistíčeskij) — idealistic or utopian
  • Turkish: idealist — idealistic or utopian
  • Turkish: ütopik — idealistic or utopian
  • Bulgarian: визионер (vizioner) — someone who has visions
  • Catalan: visionari — someone who has visions
  • Catalan: visionària — someone who has visions
  • Czech: vizionář — someone who has visions
  • Danish: visionær — someone who has visions
  • Dutch: visionair — someone who has visions
  • Esperanto: viziulo — someone who has visions
  • Finnish: visionääri — someone who has visions
  • French: visionnaire — someone who has visions
  • Georgian: მეოცნებე (meocnebe) — someone who has visions
  • Georgian: ფანტაზიორი (panṭaziori) — someone who has visions
  • German: Visionär — someone who has visions
  • German: Visionärin — someone who has visions
  • Hebrew: חוֹזֶה (ẖozé) — someone who has visions
  • Hindi: दूरदर्शी (dūrdarśī) — someone who has visions
  • Irish: aislingeach — someone who has visions
  • Italian: visionario — someone who has visions
  • Italian: visionaria — someone who has visions
  • Macedonian: визионе́р (vizionér) — someone who has visions
  • Macedonian: визионе́рка (vizionérka) — someone who has visions
  • Russian: визионе́р (vizionér) — someone who has visions
  • Russian: визионе́рка (vizionérka) — someone who has visions
  • Scottish Gaelic: taibhsear — someone who has visions
  • Spanish: visionario — someone who has visions
  • Spanish: visionaria — someone who has visions
  • Ukrainian: візіоне́р (vizionér) — someone who has visions
  • Ukrainian: візіоне́рка (vizionérka) — someone who has visions
  • Volapük: visionan — someone who has visions
  • Volapük: hivisionan — someone who has visions
  • Volapük: jivisionan — someone who has visions
  • Bulgarian: мечтател (mečtatel) — impractical dreamer
  • Bulgarian: фантазьор (fantazjor) — impractical dreamer
  • Catalan: visionari — impractical dreamer
  • Catalan: visionària — impractical dreamer
  • Danish: drømmer — impractical dreamer
  • Danish: idealist — impractical dreamer
  • Danish: fantast — impractical dreamer
  • Dutch: dromer — impractical dreamer
  • Dutch: idealist — impractical dreamer
  • Dutch: fantast — impractical dreamer
  • Finnish: haaveilija — impractical dreamer
  • French: utopiste — impractical dreamer
  • Georgian: მეოცნებე (meocnebe) — impractical dreamer
  • Georgian: ფანტაზიორი (panṭaziori) — impractical dreamer
  • Georgian: იდეალისტი (idealisṭi) — impractical dreamer
  • German: Träumer — impractical dreamer
  • German: Träumerin — impractical dreamer
  • German: Idealist — impractical dreamer
  • German: Idealistin — impractical dreamer
  • German: Fantast — impractical dreamer
  • German: Fantastin — impractical dreamer
  • German: Schwärmer — impractical dreamer
  • German: Schwärmerin — impractical dreamer
  • Irish: aislingeach — impractical dreamer
  • Italian: visionario — impractical dreamer
  • Italian: visionaria — impractical dreamer
  • Macedonian: ме́чтател (méčtatel) — impractical dreamer
  • Macedonian: фантазёр — impractical dreamer
  • Russian: мечта́тель (mečtátelʹ) — impractical dreamer
  • Russian: мечта́тельница (mečtátelʹnica) — impractical dreamer
  • Russian: идеали́ст (idealíst) — impractical dreamer
  • Russian: идеали́стка (idealístka) — impractical dreamer
  • Russian: фантазёр (fantazjór) — impractical dreamer
  • Russian: фантазёрка (fantazjórka) — impractical dreamer
  • Russian: вы́думщик (výdumščik) — impractical dreamer
  • Russian: вы́думщица (výdumščica) — impractical dreamer
  • Russian: фанта́ст (fantást) — impractical dreamer
  • Russian: фанта́стка (fantástka) — impractical dreamer
  • Spanish: visionario — impractical dreamer
  • Spanish: visionaria — impractical dreamer
  • Danish: visionær — someone who has creative and positive ideas for the future
  • French: visionnaire — someone who has creative and positive ideas for the future
  • Georgian: წინასწარმეტყველი (c̣inasc̣armeṭq̇veli) — someone who has creative and positive ideas for the future
  • Italian: visionario — someone who has creative and positive ideas for the future
  • Italian: visionaria — someone who has creative and positive ideas for the future
  • Macedonian: гле́дач (glédač) — someone who has creative and positive ideas for the future
  • Norwegian Bokmål: visjonær — someone who has creative and positive ideas for the future
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: visjonær — someone who has creative and positive ideas for the future
  • Russian: прови́дец (provídec) — someone who has creative and positive ideas for the future
  • Russian: прорица́тель (proricátelʹ) — someone who has creative and positive ideas for the future
  • Russian: проро́к (prorók) — someone who has creative and positive ideas for the future
  • Swedish: visionär — someone who has creative and positive ideas for the future
  • Ukrainian: візіоне́р (vizionér) — someone who has creative and positive ideas for the future
  • Ukrainian: візіоне́рка (vizionérka) — someone who has creative and positive ideas for the future