Visionary

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• Visionary — Visionary: The Video Singles Album par Michael Jackson Sortie  Union europeenne !Union européenne 20 février 2007 Enregistrem …   Wikipédia en Français

• Visionary — Vi sion*a*ry, a. [Cf. F. visionnaire.] 1. Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions. [1913 Webster] The visionary hour When musing midnight reigns. Thomson. [1913 Webster] 2. Affected by …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• visionary — Ⅰ. visionary UK US /ˈvɪʒənri/ US  /ˈvɪʒəneri/ noun [C] (plural visionaries) ► a person who has the ability to imagine how something will develop in the future: »He s perhaps the pre eminent visionary in the area of direct marketing. Ⅱ. visionary… …   Financial and business terms

• visionary — [vizh′əner΄ē] adj. 1. of, having the nature of, or seen in a vision 2. a) existing only in the mind; not real; imaginary [visionary achievements] b) not capable of being put into effect; not realistic; impractical [a visionary scheme] 3. seeing… …   English World dictionary

• visionary — [adj] idealized, romantic abstracted, ambitious, astral, chimerical, daydreaming, delusory, dreaming, dreamy, exalted, fanciful, fantastic, grandiose, ideal, idealist, idealistic, illusory, imaginary, impractical, in the clouds*, introspective,… …   New thesaurus

• visionary — ► ADJECTIVE 1) thinking about the future with imagination or wisdom. 2) relating to supernatural or dreamlike visions. ► NOUN (pl. visionaries) ▪ a visionary person …   English terms dictionary

• Visionary — Vi sion*a*ry, n.; pl. {Visionaries}. 1. One whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms. [1913 Webster] 2. One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• visionary — index delusive, illusory, impossible, infeasible, insubstantial, nonexistent, quixotic, theoretical …   Law dictionary

• visionary — (adj.) able to see visions, 1650s, from VISION (Cf. vision) + ARY (Cf. ary). Meaning impractical is attested from 1727. The noun is attested from 1702, from the adj., originally one who indulges in impractical fantasies …   Etymology dictionary

• visionary — adj *imaginary, fanciful, fantastic, chimerical, quixotic Analogous words: romantic, *sentimental, maudlin: Utopian, *ambitious, pretentious: ideal, transcendent, transcendental (see ABSTRACT): illusory, seeming, *apparent …   New Dictionary of Synonyms