VISIONARY
\vˈɪʒənəɹi], \vˈɪʒənəɹi], \v_ˈɪ_ʒ_ə_n_ə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of VISIONARY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich"
By Princeton University
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not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions.
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Existing in imagination only; not real; fanciful; imaginary; having no solid foundation; as, visionary prospect; a visionary scheme or project.
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One whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms.
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One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.
By Oddity Software
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Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions.
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Existing in imagination only; not real; fanciful; imaginary; having no solid foundation; as, visionary prospect; a visionary scheme or project.
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One whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms.
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One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.
By Noah Webster.
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A person given to unreal imaginings; a dreamer; one to whom the unseen is real; an impractical person.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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One given to unpractical or fanciful schemes.
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Only imagined; not real; given to imagination or to unpractical schemes.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Affected by phantoms or delusions; imaginary; without solid foundation; impracticable.
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One whose imagination is idly fertile; one who forms impracticable schemes.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [French] One whose imagination is disturbed;—one who forms impracticable schemes.
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