— visionariness , n.
/vizh"euh ner'ee/ , adj., n., pl. visionaries .
adj.
1. given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes: a visionary enthusiast.
2. given to or concerned with seeing visions.
3. belonging to or seen in a vision.
4. unreal; imaginary: visionary evils.
5. purely idealistic or speculative; impractical; unrealizable: a visionary scheme.
6. of, pertaining to, or proper to a vision.
n.
7. a person of unusually keen foresight.
8. a person who sees visions.
9. a person who is given to audacious, highly speculative, or impractical ideas or schemes; dreamer.
[ 1640-50; VISION + -ARY ]
Syn. 1. impractical, impracticable. 4. fancied, illusory, chimerical. 5. unrealistic.
Ant. 1. practical.