Found 2 items, similar to Visionary.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: visionary visionary adj : not practical or realizable; speculative; “airy theories about socioeconomic improvement”; “visionary schemes for getting rich” [syn: airy, impractical, Laputan] n 1: a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible 2: a person with unusual powers of foresight [syn: illusionist, seer]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Visionary 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] 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]