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Webster 1913 Edition

Visionary

Vi′sion-a-ry

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
visionnaire
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions.
The
visionary
hour
When musing midnight reigns.
Thomson.
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.
Or lull to rest the
visionary
maid.
Pope.
3.
Existing in imagination only; not real; fanciful; imaginary; having no solid foundation;
as,
visionary
prospect; a
visionary
scheme or project
.
Swift.
Syn. – Fanciful; fantastic; unreal. See
Fanciful
.

Vi′sion-a-ry

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Visionaries
.
1.
One whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms.
2.
One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Visionary

VI'SIONARY

,
Adj.
1.
Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination.
Or lull to rest the visionary maid.
2.
Imaginary; existing in imagination only; not real; having no solid foundation; as a visionary prospect; a visionary scheme or project.

VI'SIONARY

,
Noun.
1.
One whose imagination is disturbed.
2.
One who forms impracticable schemes; one who is confident of success in a project which others perceive to be idle and fanciful. [Visionist, in a like sense, is not used.]

Definition 2024

visionary

visionary

English

Adjective

visionary ‎(comparative more visionary, superlative most visionary)

  1. having vision or foresight
    • Alexander Pope
      Or lull to rest the visionary maid.
  2. imaginary or illusory
  3. prophetic or revelatory
    • Thomson
      The visionary hour / When musing midnight reigns.
  4. idealistic or utopian
    a visionary scheme or project
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Jonathan Swift to this entry?)

Translations

Noun

visionary ‎(plural visionaries)

  1. someone who has visions; a seer
  2. an impractical dreamer
  3. someone who has positive ideas about the future

Translations

Etymology

vision + -ary

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