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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 upshot is that even CEO visionaries like Lew Wasserman came to sense the ground shifting under them.
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Peter Bart, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
As one of the purveyors at the heart of the K-wave sweeping the world, the IP powerhouse celebrated the visionaries shaping Korea’s cultural impact by hosting the 2026 Visionary Awards at the CJ ENM Center in Seoul.
—Partner Content, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
Members of the Changemakers Advisory Board, a group of business visionaries dedicated to transformational change and the advancement of women in leadership roles that now also includes two past CNBC Changemakers, provided the weighting for each category.
—David Spiegel, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
The week is a one-of-a-kind power party, celebrating creatives and visionaries from every step of the process—from historical icons to those bringing their ideas to life for the very first time.
—Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
If the architects are visionaries and engineers the technical experts, the workers are the magicians who can make new projects appear out of thin air.
—Carlo Scissura, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
Still giving guidance and encouragement to younger visionaries.
—Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
Those great ’70s movies grew out of the desperation and dysfunction of the studio system at the time, which opened the door to visionaries with something to say (and, sometimes, a ridiculously high budget to say it with).
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
A lot of companies are still trying to retrofit AI into existing workflows, while the genuine visionaries are redesigning entire workflows with AI as the foundation.
—Mark Minevich, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Peter Bart, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
As one of the purveyors at the heart of the K-wave sweeping the world, the IP powerhouse celebrated the visionaries shaping Korea’s cultural impact by hosting the 2026 Visionary Awards at the CJ ENM Center in Seoul.
—Partner Content, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
Members of the Changemakers Advisory Board, a group of business visionaries dedicated to transformational change and the advancement of women in leadership roles that now also includes two past CNBC Changemakers, provided the weighting for each category.
—David Spiegel, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
The week is a one-of-a-kind power party, celebrating creatives and visionaries from every step of the process—from historical icons to those bringing their ideas to life for the very first time.
—Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
If the architects are visionaries and engineers the technical experts, the workers are the magicians who can make new projects appear out of thin air.
—Carlo Scissura, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
Still giving guidance and encouragement to younger visionaries.
—Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
Those great ’70s movies grew out of the desperation and dysfunction of the studio system at the time, which opened the door to visionaries with something to say (and, sometimes, a ridiculously high budget to say it with).
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
A lot of companies are still trying to retrofit AI into existing workflows, while the genuine visionaries are redesigning entire workflows with AI as the foundation.
—Mark Minevich, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visionaries
Noun
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Manufacturing scale will separate winners from dreamers.—
Ravin Gandhi,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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Such psychedelic experience is echoed in a local belief that the forest spirit appears to dreamers in the form of a tiger.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 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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All evidence shows that Chee and Manuelito have engaged in carnal intimacy as the prophets foretold.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Severe thunderstorms also were possible in Ohio and western parts of Pennsylvania and New York, forecasters said.—
Hallie Golden,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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As forecasters expect above-average temperatures for the next several weeks, Swain said, snowpack losses are likely to continue.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 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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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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For decades engineers, architects, futurists, industrialists, investors and politicians have been pining for a better, faster and cheaper way to build homes.—
Ben Christopher,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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