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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
But when those visionaries leave, many companies miss out on the next big thing.
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Chris Anderson, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Commissions have changed over the years, allowing modern visionaries — art houses and creatives from across the globe — to showcase grand spectacles.
—Niyaz Pirani, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
If Sunday serves up just as much fun as Friday — which is likely, especially after Kansas advanced out of its first-round game against Cal Baptist — fans should thank the visionaries who brainstormed Viejas Arena into existence.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
The Trailblazer Award recognizes visionaries whose innovative storytelling styles impact culture and affect social change.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2026
Actors and visionaries like Katharine Hepburn, Walt Disney, and Daniel Day-Lewis have etched their names in Oscars history.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
After the war, aesthetic values slowly started to change, switching to a utilitarian, unornamented standard and ushering in the era of international and midcentury-modern styles pioneered by visionaries like Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026
Parker highlighted Jameson’s 41-year career in the hospitality industry, calling him one of Fort Worth’s greatest visionaries.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2026
The upshot is that even CEO visionaries like Lew Wasserman came to sense the ground shifting under them.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
Chris Anderson, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Commissions have changed over the years, allowing modern visionaries — art houses and creatives from across the globe — to showcase grand spectacles.
—Niyaz Pirani, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
If Sunday serves up just as much fun as Friday — which is likely, especially after Kansas advanced out of its first-round game against Cal Baptist — fans should thank the visionaries who brainstormed Viejas Arena into existence.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
The Trailblazer Award recognizes visionaries whose innovative storytelling styles impact culture and affect social change.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2026
Actors and visionaries like Katharine Hepburn, Walt Disney, and Daniel Day-Lewis have etched their names in Oscars history.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
After the war, aesthetic values slowly started to change, switching to a utilitarian, unornamented standard and ushering in the era of international and midcentury-modern styles pioneered by visionaries like Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026
Parker highlighted Jameson’s 41-year career in the hospitality industry, calling him one of Fort Worth’s greatest visionaries.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2026
The upshot is that even CEO visionaries like Lew Wasserman came to sense the ground shifting under them.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visionaries
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The once highly regarded and pricey hub for tech dreamers and fledgling startups has devolved from a breeding ground for ingenuity and innovation — a place of hope — to something closer to an American nightmare.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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And who could blame these romantic dreamers for wanting to cast aside the surly bonds of Earth to visit the pale beauty of our cratered satellite?—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 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
Noun
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Even with early forecasts predicting a below normal hurricane season in the Atlantic, forecasters warn dangerous storms can rapidly intensify.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2026
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The tornado risk also could increase into early evening as winds strengthen, forecasters said.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 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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