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I am very excited to be supporting one of the world's most visionary efforts to seek basic answers to some of the fundamental question about our universe and what other civilisations may exist elsewhere.
Paul Allen

Meaning of "visionary" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VISIONARY

visionary  [ˈvɪʒənərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VISIONARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Visionary can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES VISIONARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Visionary

Defined broadly, a visionary, is one who can envision the future. For some groups this can involve the supernatural. The visionary state is achieved via meditation, drugs, lucid dreams, daydreams, or art. One example is Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century artist/visionary and Catholic saint. Other visionaries in religion are St Bernadette and Joseph Smith.

Definition of visionary in the English dictionary

The first definition of visionary in the dictionary is marked by vision or foresight. Other definition of visionary is incapable of being realized or effected; unrealistic. Visionary is also characterized by idealistic or radical ideas, esp impractical ones.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VISIONARY


confectionery
kənˈfɛkʃənərɪ
coronary
ˈkɒrənərɪ
delusionary
dɪˈluːʒənərɪ
dictionary
ˈdɪkʃənərɪ
disillusionary
ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒənərɪ
evolutionary
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənərɪ
exclusionary
ɪksˈkluːʒənərɪ
illusionary
ɪˈluːʒənərɪ
legionary
ˈliːdʒənərɪ
missionary
ˈmɪʃənərɪ
precautionary
prɪˈkɔːʃənərɪ
previsionary
prɪˈvɪʒənərɪ
provisionary
prəˈvɪʒənərɪ
pulmonary
ˈpʌlmənərɪ
religionary
rɪˈlɪdʒənərɪ
revisionary
rɪˈvɪʒənərɪ
revolutionary
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ
stationary
ˈsteɪʃənərɪ
stationery
ˈsteɪʃənərɪ
televisionary
ˌtelɪˈvɪʒənərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VISIONARY

visile
visiogenic
vision
vision mixer
vision mixing
visional
visionally
visionaries
visionariness
visioner
visioning
visionist
visionless
visiophone
visit
visitable
visitant
visitation
visitational
visitator

WORDS THAT END LIKE VISIONARY

accretionary
cardiopulmonary
cautionary
confectionary
contractionary
counter-revolutionary
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deflationary
diversionary
expansionary
expeditionary
functionary
geostationary
inflationary
lectionary
nonstationary
ordinary
post-Revolutionary
probationary
reactionary
reversionary

Synonyms and antonyms of visionary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VISIONARY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «visionary» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of visionary

Translation of «visionary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VISIONARY

Find out the translation of visionary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of visionary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «visionary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有远见的人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

visionario
570 millions of speakers

English

visionary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दूरदर्शी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البصيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

провидцем
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

visionário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বপ্নদর্শী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

visionnaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berwawasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Visionär
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

先見の明のある人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

선지자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Visionary
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhìn xa trông rộng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொலைநோக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वप्नाळू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düşsel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

visionario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wizjoner
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

провидцем
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vizionar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οραματιστής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

visioenêre
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

visionär
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

visjonær
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of visionary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VISIONARY»

The term «visionary» is very widely used and occupies the 22.335 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VISIONARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «visionary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «visionary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about visionary

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10 QUOTES WITH «VISIONARY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word visionary.
1
Paul Allen
I am very excited to be supporting one of the world's most visionary efforts to seek basic answers to some of the fundamental question about our universe and what other civilisations may exist elsewhere.
2
Anil Ambani
Sadness... reflecting on the proud legacy of trust and fair play on which Reliance Industries was founded by my visionary father Dhirubhai Ambani, and how far RIL appeared to have moved away from those original values.
3
Max Azria
I'm very visionary, very big picture.
4
Jim Bakker
Oh, I was never a businessman. I was a visionary, a dreamer.
5
Pat Benatar
I wasn't a visionary but I literally had my finger on the pulse of the women of America.
6
Anita Borg
Leaders of the future will have to be visionary and be able to bring people in - real communicators. These are things that women bring to leadership and executive positions, and it's going to be incredibly valuable and incredibly in demand.
7
Jason Calacanis
You have to have a big vision and take very small steps to get there. You have to be humble as you execute but visionary and gigantic in terms of your aspiration. In the Internet industry, it's not about grand innovation, it's about a lot of little innovations: every day, every week, every month, making something a little bit better.
8
Simon Callow
Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. There's huge, visionary poetry in it.
9
David Cameron
Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens.
10
Eugene Cernan
After Apollo 17, America stopped looking towards the next horizon. The United States had become a space-faring nation, but threw it away. We have sacrificed space exploration for space exploitation, which is interesting but scarcely visionary.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VISIONARY»

Discover the use of visionary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to visionary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
Nor is it about just having a corporate vision. This is a book about something far more important, enduring, and substantial. This is a book about visionary companies.
Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras, 2011
2
Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and ...
Explains the four pillars of well-being--meaning and purpose, positive emotions, relationships, and accomplishment--placing emphasis on meaning and purpose as the most important for achieving a life of fulfillment.
Martin E. P. Seligman, 2012
3
A Dreamer and a Visionary: H.P. Lovecraft in His Time
This book traces his work and life, spent largely in Providence, Rhode Island, and shows how Lovecraft was engaged in the political, economic, social and intellectual currents of his time, and how his thought influenced his writings.
S. T. Joshi, 2001
4
Visionary leadership: creating a compelling sense of ...
Designed for individual leaders to develop their own vision statement, this book guides readers through the mechanics of forming a vision, guidelines for developing the scope of the vision, and processes for implementing that vision.
Burt Nanus, 1995
5
The Visionary Company: A Reading of English Romantic Poetry
Discusses the works of William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Gordon, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, Thomas Lovell Beddoes, John Clare, George Darley, and others.
Harold Bloom, 1971
6
Apple: Company and Its Visionary Founder, Steve Jobs
This title examines the remarkable life of Steve Jobs and his work building the groundbreaking company Apple.
Marcia Amidon Lüsted, 2012
7
Visionary Film: The American Avant-garde, 1943-2000
P. Adams Sitney has once again revised and updated this standard text on American avant-garde film, restoring a chapter on Gregory J. Markopoulos and extending his discussion of the principal genres and major filmmakers up to the year 2000.
P. Adams Sitney, 2002
8
Visionary Business: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Success
A powerful book presenting the 12 keys of business success and the 25 principles and practices of visionary business This transformative book has helped people all over the world to not only envision and create success but also build a ...
Marc Allen, 2010
9
Visionary Republic: Millennial Themes in American Thought, ...
This book sheds light on the role of religion in the American Revolution and surveys an important facet of the intellectual history of the early Republic.
Ruth H. Bloch, 1988
10
Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary
This book, which launched her career, is arguably one of the most influential works ever published in urban studies.
Alice Sparberg Alexiou, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VISIONARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term visionary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Backbase Named a Visionary in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for …
Backbase makes its entry in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobile Application Development Platforms (MADP), being positioned in the visionary section. Today ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
2
Artwork of Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne to be featured at Visionary
Artwork from Flaming Lips' frontman Wayne Coyne will go on display this fall at Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum, as part of an exhibit titled "The Big ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
3
American Visionary Art Museum To Host Sculpture Race In June
BALTIMORE (AP) — The American Visionary Art Museum has rescheduled its annual Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race for June. The museum says the annual ... «CBS Local, May 15»
4
Gartner Positions Anaplan as a CPM 'Visionary' With its Second …
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Anaplan has been recognized with a second Visionaries placement in the 2015 Gartner Magic Quadrant. «PR Newswire, Apr 15»
5
Visionary 1968 technology demo re-created as musical theater
In December 1968, computer scientist Douglas Engelbart had a complex system of newly developed hardware and software that he wanted to show off to the ... «SFGate, Mar 15»
6
Rain Man Releases First Official Solo Track With Buygore, "Visionary"
After teasing a little mini-tour and Buygore's Miami Party, and after Buygore's pool party livestream the other day where “Visionary” was first announced, we ... «Your EDM, Mar 15»
7
Frost & Sullivan Commends Mazaro for Offering a Radically New …
Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, works in collaboration with clients to leverage visionary innovation that addresses the global challenges and ... «PR Newswire, Mar 15»
8
Kanye West honored with Visionary Award: “I understand how it is to …
Kanye was given the Visionary Award for being a “dynamic and prominent voice in hip-hop” as well as “a highly regarded creative.” He was introduced by Dame ... «Consequence of Sound, Feb 15»
9
Frost & Sullivan Commends ipNX's Visionary Leadership in the …
LONDON, Feb. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the fibre-optic convergence service market, Frost & Sullivan recognises ipNX with the ... «PR Newswire, Feb 15»
10
ArtsBeat | Kanye West Is a Visionary, and He Has a BET Award to …
WASHINGTON — Kanye West took home the Visionary Award at the B.E.T. Honors on Saturday during an evening of surprise freestyles at the Warner Theater ... «New York Times, Jan 15»

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