Thesaurus: visionary

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1. a. Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions.
2. a. 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.
3. a. Existing in imagination only; not real; fanciful; imaginary; having no solid foundation; as, visionary prospect; a visionary scheme or project.
4. n. One whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms.
5. n. One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.
6. adj. not practical or realizable; speculative
7. n. a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible
8. n. a person with unusual powers of foresight
9. 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. 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.
10. j:84/n:16 n. a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible n. a person with unusual powers of foresight