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as in diviners
one who predicts future events or developments
according to Greek myth, Cassandra was a visionary who was endowed with the gift of inerrant prophecy but fated to never be believed
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as in dreamers
one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world
19th-century visionaries who founded short-lived communities in which everyone was supposed to live in perfect peace and harmony
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Recent Examples of visionaries
The work from these visionaries in travel, beauty, gardening, and more is shaped by color.
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Eleni N. Gage, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2026
Fugman and her colleagues have access to resources like EDP, HCA’s Leadership Excellence Program, the Leadership Engagement & Development (LEAD) program, and the Executive Residency Program (ERP), all of which focus on developing the organization’s next generation of leaders and visionaries.
—Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
The visionaries behind the program are husband and wife Stephanie and Michael Benison.
—Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 7 May 2026
About The Rhonda Swan Show The Rhonda Swan Show Wake Up New York City Edition and now The Rhonda Swan Show Wake Up SoCal is a global stage for founders, creators, and visionaries who turn courage into companies and values into value.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
If the city’s visionaries are right, more towers like this one will be built along Federal Highway in the coming years.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
Among other notable Central Florida conservation visionaries are Hal Scott and Ken Bosserman.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
Talent follows visionaries like Huang.
—Robertas Bakula, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
But when those visionaries leave, many companies miss out on the next big thing.
—Chris Anderson, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Eleni N. Gage, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2026
Fugman and her colleagues have access to resources like EDP, HCA’s Leadership Excellence Program, the Leadership Engagement & Development (LEAD) program, and the Executive Residency Program (ERP), all of which focus on developing the organization’s next generation of leaders and visionaries.
—Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
The visionaries behind the program are husband and wife Stephanie and Michael Benison.
—Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 7 May 2026
About The Rhonda Swan Show The Rhonda Swan Show Wake Up New York City Edition and now The Rhonda Swan Show Wake Up SoCal is a global stage for founders, creators, and visionaries who turn courage into companies and values into value.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
If the city’s visionaries are right, more towers like this one will be built along Federal Highway in the coming years.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
Among other notable Central Florida conservation visionaries are Hal Scott and Ken Bosserman.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
Talent follows visionaries like Huang.
—Robertas Bakula, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
But when those visionaries leave, many companies miss out on the next big thing.
—Chris Anderson, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visionaries
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Set during the Great Depression, this electrifying musical follows two dreamers whose desire for more leads them into legend and danger.—
Staff report,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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Twenty lucid dreamers, including Bark-Huss, spent multiple nights in the lab, trying to work out puzzles in their sleep.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Like all prophets, The Storyteller arrives at an auspicious moment in human history.—
Bruce Stockler,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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The artist’s ceiling for the Sistine Chapel had included 20 nude males as supporting figures above the prophets and sibyls.—
Virginia Raguin,
The Conversation,
19 Feb. 2026
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In his 2015 book Superforecasting, Wharton’s Philip Tetlock reported the results of a multi-year study pitting professional forecasters from Wall Street, the intelligence community, and academia against twenty thousand intellectually curious amateurs.—
Bryce Hoffman,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Fire agencies across the North Bay are preparing for elevated wildfire danger this weekend as forecasters warn of strong winds and low humidity - conditions that often signal the start of fire season in Sonoma, Napa, and Marin counties.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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The forecaster who makes the most accurate predictions, as early as possible, can earn a cash prize and, perhaps more important, the esteem of the world’s most talented seers.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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Seeing around the bend in the river—or even knowing the river ahead does indeed bend—can require the sort of leap of faith that made Vannevar Bush insist that shamans, priests and spiritual seers are the antecedents of today’s engineering stars.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
8 Aug. 2019
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Some futurists compare this development to our primitive ancestors’ discovery of fire.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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For decades engineers, architects, futurists, industrialists, investors and politicians have been pining for a better, faster and cheaper way to build homes.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
16 Feb. 2026
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