visionaries

plural of visionary
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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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Recent Examples of visionaries Buechler emphasizes that these visionaries, fueled by a deep sense of what's best for the world, are impossible to outsmart or outlast. Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 The brand has previously collaborated with British designers including Craig Green, Charles Jeffrey and Nicholas Daley, as well as modern menswear visionaries such as Raf Simons and Kris Van Assche. Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 23 July 2026 Today, the media obsesses over the thoughts and fall-outs of AI visionaries like Altman and Amodei. Michael Muthukrishna, Fortune, 23 July 2026 Two hundred and fifty years ago, a small group of visionaries put their names to a document that changed the world. Naftali Bennett, Time, 9 July 2026 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. Michael Zais, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visionaries
Noun
  • Ancient Chinese scholars made records of solar eclipses, and diviners made prophecies during these auspicious events.
    Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • According to Rouse, the album grew out of observations gathered while traveling, with its songs populated by drifters, dreamers and fleeting encounters that blur the line between fiction and autobiography.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2026
  • But in recent history, the Spanish national soccer team has repeatedly wrecked the plans of dreamers and screenwriters.
    Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
Noun
  • Moses received the Torah from Sinai, and handed it down to Joshua, and Joshua to the elders, and the elders to the prophets, and the prophets delivered it to the men of the Great Synagogue.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
  • 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.
    Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Wide swaths of California will face searing temperatures over the weekend, with forecasters issuing a heat advisory for non-coastal areas and warning about the risk of adverse fire weather.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The day of the avalanche, snow forecasters issued a dire warning for people to stay out of the backcountry due to the high risk of slides.
    Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Not in seers, not in sibyls, not in spirits from the great beyond.
    Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • Laqueur’s book dwells on the way that canines often function in art—as seers of things that people miss.
    Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
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  • During the Cold War, as futurists on both sides of the Iron Curtain plotted to control the direction of history, another group coalesced around a more modest idea.
    Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, futurists and the Bureau of Labor Statistics project that Gen Z and Gen Alpha will average 18 to 25 jobs and six to nine distinct career chapters, more than double the volatility of prior generations.
    Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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“Visionaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visionaries. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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