vision quest

noun

plural vision quests

: a solitary vigil performed by an Indigenous American person to seek contact with and guidance or protection from a guardian spirit (such as a spirit animal)

especially : such a vigil performed by a youth as a coming-of-age rite

Examples of vision quest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In Majipoor, Vision signs the client’s contract and prepares to go on, well, a vision quest into his subconscious. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026

The film’s popularity has tripled business for the mystical shop and apothecary, which offers a wide range of services including magical advice, custom spell crafting, psychic readings, healing sessions, classes, clergy services, drum circles and vision quests. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026

And in reality, this obsession is not so different from the machine learning vision quests that Autechre have spent their career exploring. — Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 6 Mar. 2026

From the giant redwood trees of California to a vision quest in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, nature became a home to him. — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 14 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for vision quest

• acquiesced
• coalesced
• dispossessed
• manifest
• overdressed
• overstressed
• prepossessed
• reassessed
• reinvest
• repossessed
• unaddressed
• uncompressed