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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 logic of that declaration—that the church would provide shelter for those whose lives were at risk—was applied to the 1982 Sanctuary Movement, and Schultz is widely credited as one of the principal visionaries who spread the idea to faith organizations nationwide.
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Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026
There are creators and then there are true community builders and visionaries, Brown is the rare combination of the three.
—Brianna J. Heath, Essence, 20 Jan. 2026
In 2017, Garavani was also inducted into the American Academy of Achievement Hall of Fame, becoming the first European fashion designer to receive the honor, which recognizes visionaries and achievers across various fields.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 19 Jan. 2026
It's been a year since cinema lost one of its greatest visionaries, David Lynch.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
For a long time, product visionaries and engineering leaders called the shots in Big Tech companies.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Included is a sincere expression of gratitude for the visionaries and leaders who brought us here — from the enduring legacy of Ewing Kauffman to today’s Royals ownership, led by John Sherman.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Dec. 2025
Cancer research in particular has long benefited from local visionaries.
—David A. Brenner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
Home for artists, architects, advocates Throughout the 20th century, Casa de la Torre attracted creative visionaries and community leaders, according to Compass.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026
There are creators and then there are true community builders and visionaries, Brown is the rare combination of the three.
—Brianna J. Heath, Essence, 20 Jan. 2026
In 2017, Garavani was also inducted into the American Academy of Achievement Hall of Fame, becoming the first European fashion designer to receive the honor, which recognizes visionaries and achievers across various fields.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 19 Jan. 2026
It's been a year since cinema lost one of its greatest visionaries, David Lynch.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
For a long time, product visionaries and engineering leaders called the shots in Big Tech companies.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Included is a sincere expression of gratitude for the visionaries and leaders who brought us here — from the enduring legacy of Ewing Kauffman to today’s Royals ownership, led by John Sherman.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Dec. 2025
Cancer research in particular has long benefited from local visionaries.
—David A. Brenner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
Home for artists, architects, advocates Throughout the 20th century, Casa de la Torre attracted creative visionaries and community leaders, according to Compass.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visionaries
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Across cultures and centuries, constellations have been used to explain myths, guide travelers, and inspire dreamers.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
30 Dec. 2025
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The Audacity will star Billy Magnussen and Zach Galifianakis, and revolve around everyone in the orbit of tech’s Disneyland, from the makers and dreamers to the billionaires and bosses.—
Lucy Ford,
Time,
27 Dec. 2025
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Hale connects that story to another tale that took place in the same wilderness twenty years earlier—a story of a cult, brainwashing, teenage prophets, and murder.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Older Western societies are presented as inherently illiberal, to be contrasted unfavorably with the perfectly liberal society promised by the prophets of the progressive future.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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The cold front will bring snow to western North Carolina, with peaks along the NC-Tennessee state line expecting to see around an inch, forecasters say.—
Mark Price
January 13,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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The cold blast will move in behind a round of showers for most of the region through the afternoon and evening, according to forecasters.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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The playwright understood something about the economic reasoning of such an innovation, however, for if the futurists and techno-utopians once imagined that machines would do all of our dreary work to free us to be artists, writers, and musicians, the opposite is now the case.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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Tech CEOs and futurists have long described Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI, as one of the ultimate goals of artificial intelligence.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Visionaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visionaries. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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