Synonyms for visionary
ˈvɪʒ əˌnɛr ivi·sion·a·ry

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1. visionary

   That is fanciful which is dictated or suggested by fancy independently of more serious considerations; the fantastic is the fanciful with the added elements of whimsicalness and extravagance. The fanciful swings away from the real or the ordinary lightly and pleasantly, the fantastic extravagantly, the grotesque ridiculously. A fanciful arrangement of objects is commonly pleasing, a fantastic arrangement is striking, a grotesque arrangement is laughable. A fanciful theory or suggestion may be clearly recognized as such; a visionary scheme is erroneously supposed to have a basis in fact. Compare synonyms for DREAM; IDEA; IMAGINATION.

   Synonyms:
   chimerical, fanciful, fantastic, grotesque, imaginative

   Antonyms:
   accurate, calculable, calculated, commonplace, literal, ordinary, prosaic, real, reasonable, regular, sensible, solid, sound, sure, true

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1. visionary

   Synonyms:
   fanciful, dreamy, chimerical, baseless, shadowy, imaginary, unreal, fabulous, romantic

   Antonyms:
   actual, real, truthful, sound, substantial, palpable, unromantic, sober, veritable

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1. visionarynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   seer, illusionist

   Antonyms:
   dystopian

2. visionary, illusionist, seeradjective

   a person with unusual powers of foresight

   Synonyms:
   illusionist, seer, oracle, prestidigitator, prophet, vaticinator, prophesier, conjurer, magician, conjuror

   Antonyms:
   dystopian

3. airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windyadjective

   not practical or realizable; speculative

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

   Synonyms:
   verbose, wordy, blowy, aery, aeriform, windy, ethereal, airy, long-winded, tedious, impractical, aerial, breezy, aired

   Antonyms:
   dystopian

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1. visionaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   imaginative, romantic, given to reverie

2. visionaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   unreal, fanciful, fancied, ideal, fantastic, imaginary, chimerical, illusory, shadowy, quixotic, utopian, wild

3. visionarynoun

   Synonyms:
   dreamer, FANATIC, enthusiast, zealot, castle-builder

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1. visionaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   dreamy, imaginative, romantic, fanciful, illusory, chimerical, utopian

2. visionarynoun

   Synonyms:
   castle-builder, dreamer, illusionist

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1. List of paraphrases for "visionary":

   far-sighted, visionaries, farsighted, forward-looking, vision, clear-sighted

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1. Nina Simone:

   In order to honor and carry forward her extraordinary legacy, a group of visionary artists and preservationists have collaborated to demonstrate our commitment to equity and racial justice by protecting an American landmark in perpetuity and ensuring that Simone's unique voice continues to inspire and empower people through Nina Simone childhood home.

2. Marc Lotter:

   Former President Donald Trump is the biggest name. Former President Donald Trump's the visionary behind many of the policies that got Former President Donald Trump elected to the White House, and when you look at what's going on in America right now, so many people are clamoring for that kind of policy leadership back. They want cheap gas, growing paychecks, soaring stock markets and not what we have right now.

3. Dan Coats:

   It has been a privilege serving with Sue Gordon to lead the ODNI and Intelligence Community over these past two years. Sue Gordon is a visionary leader who has made an enormous impact on the IC over the more than three decades Sue Gordon has served, i have had the pleasure of working with Joseph Maguire as part of my leadership team at ODNI, and I am pleased that the President has announced that Joe will serve as Acting DNI. Joe has had a long, distinguished career serving the nation and will lead the men and women in the IC with distinction.

4. Eric Hoffer:

   The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

5. Omar Bradley:

   Wilkie also served in the Pentagon under Donald Rumsfeld, worked for Condoleezza Rice and had years of experience on Capitol Hill working for Sens. Thom Tillis and Trent Lott. In his new office, Wilkie now hangs a portrait of Gen. Omar Bradley, the first secretary of Veterans Affairs after World War II, and has chosen Bradley's desk as his own. Omar Bradley was tasked with changing VA to accommodate 11 million soldiers coming off active duty and into Veterans Affairs ranks, he was really a visionary.