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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
Brilliant innovators and visionaries like Musk, an immigrant himself, who take on extreme financial and personal risk in the hopes of achieving massive success should be celebrated, not demonized.
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Michael Zais,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
Established by three wine visionaries—Karen MacNeil, author of The Wine Bible; Gino Colangelo, president of Colangelo & Partners; and Kimberly Noelle Charles, president of Charles Communications Associates—the organization is behind the Come Over October and Share & Pair Sundays initiatives.
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Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
From creating inclusive spaces to building innovative restaurants, bakeries and pop-ups, these visionaries are transforming the way Atlantans experience food.
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Kaitlyn Harvey,
AJC.com,
24 June 2026
Well, to be fair, there were a few visionaries who were absolutely thinking about that.
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Quanta Magazine,
11 June 2026
Both Benjamin and Wright were visionaries who were able to see the historical moment very clearly and were swiftly punished for that vision.
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Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
So why are these two disparate visionaries forever linked?
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Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
7 June 2026
The faculty at that time included local visionaries Whitney Halstead and Kathleen Blackshear, who urged their students to look beyond the Western canon.
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Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 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.
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Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
21 May 2026
Michael Zais,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
Established by three wine visionaries—Karen MacNeil, author of The Wine Bible; Gino Colangelo, president of Colangelo & Partners; and Kimberly Noelle Charles, president of Charles Communications Associates—the organization is behind the Come Over October and Share & Pair Sundays initiatives.
—
Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
From creating inclusive spaces to building innovative restaurants, bakeries and pop-ups, these visionaries are transforming the way Atlantans experience food.
—
Kaitlyn Harvey,
AJC.com,
24 June 2026
Well, to be fair, there were a few visionaries who were absolutely thinking about that.
—
Quanta Magazine,
11 June 2026
Both Benjamin and Wright were visionaries who were able to see the historical moment very clearly and were swiftly punished for that vision.
—
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
So why are these two disparate visionaries forever linked?
—
Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
7 June 2026
The faculty at that time included local visionaries Whitney Halstead and Kathleen Blackshear, who urged their students to look beyond the Western canon.
—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 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,
21 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visionaries
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Seven Mountains has brought the language of spiritual warfare and demon-fighting into the mainstream of evangelicalism, through a network of pastors who view themselves as prophets and apostles engaged in a battle against evil secular forces.
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This idea was the work of the apostles and prophets of the New Apostolic Reformation, a charismatic movement that began gathering momentum in the 1990s and is now the leading edge of the Christian right.
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For generations, Chicago has thrived because dreamers could make it here with little to their name and make something of themselves, and the bus is a prime way to do so.
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Before her death in 1993, Mabel McKay — one of the last living dreamers of the Pomo Indian people — shared a prophecy while driving through the Sonoma hills.
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But the Pelican State is rated as a solid GOP seat by most political forecasters in the fall.
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Extreme heat this week will blanket a majority of American states through the July 4 weekend, according to forecasters.
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Laqueur’s book dwells on the way that canines often function in art—as seers of things that people miss.
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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.
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Organizations are increasingly booking AI strategists, behavioral scientists and futurists who can explain complex developments in accessible commercial terms.
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Some futurists compare this development to our primitive ancestors’ discovery of fire.
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“Visionaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visionaries. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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