VISIONARY


Meaning of VISIONARY in English

— 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.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .