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as in romantic
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality
a visionary plan for a manned flight to Mars even though there are pressing problems right here on earth
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as in fictional
not real and existing only in the imagination
one of several Christian saints who claimed to have had visionary experiences of hell
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as in cautious
having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future
in a visionary move, the developer bought large tracts of the waterfront just before property values skyrocketed
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as in diviner
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 dreamer
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 visionary
Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2026
Now, Skydream, a company with global ambitions and roots in Chongqing, is preparing to throw its own visionary hat in the ring.
—New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2026
Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026
But for people like de la Vega, who danced with Sacramento Ballet as a child and later professionally, Cunningham wasn’t just a creative visionary.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
The visionary hotelier’s home has four bedrooms and three bathrooms.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2026
Now, Skydream, a company with global ambitions and roots in Chongqing, is preparing to throw its own visionary hat in the ring.
—New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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
But for people like de la Vega, who danced with Sacramento Ballet as a child and later professionally, Cunningham wasn’t just a creative visionary.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for visionary
Adjective
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Struggling in your creative or romantic life?—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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The couple first met in 2006 at the SAG Awards, when Silver was working as a makeup artist, and continued to cross paths throughout the years, building a professional relationship, which then turned romantic after his partner, Michelle Triola, died in 2009.—
Lori A Bashian , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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His wife, played by Sedgwick, is his long-time star; Sosie and Travis play the fictional filmmaker’s kids, both of whom are working on his latest shoot in rural Texas.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2026
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The fictional ’90s sitcom star played by Lisa Kudrow has been around for three major shifts in the television industry.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Conversely, others are far more cautious.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Expelling Iranian diplomatic personnel marks one of Doha’s strongest retaliatory steps to date and signals a possible shift away from its traditionally cautious approach toward Iran.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Ora Cogan makes songs the way diviners cast charms.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
16 Mar. 2026
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While often presented as the act of using beauty practices to manifest your desires, diviner and spiritual wellness teacher Tatianna Tarot would caution against getting too attached to semantics.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Dean in Blue Valentine and Luke in The Place Beyond the Pines are two of a kind, individualistic dreamers who step willingly into responsibility and love fully when allowed to, but can’t quite figure out the right way to provide.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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The men and women under his employ were a rag-tag gang of dreamers and drifters, brought together by a love for adventure, a disdain for the society that had thrown their friends away in Vietnam, and a desire to spread the gospel of ganja.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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At one point, Mariani considered making the lodging his own home, but once his family grew to include three children, the idea proved impractical.—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
19 Mar. 2026
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Repeatedly promoting the scientific but impractical viewpoint of neurologists and sleep experts completely ignores how humans live in the real world.—
Letters to the Editor,
Washington Post,
16 Mar. 2026
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Set on a remote Scottish island, the film follows siblings Isla (Rankin) and Sandy (O’Rourke), who spend their days hunting birds, conversing with mythical beings, and fiercely fending off outsiders.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
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In contrast to other examples of Greek temple art and even other parts of the Parthenon, where mythic gods and heroes predominate, the frieze shows everyday mortals, perhaps even the contemporaries of those who carved it and viewed it.—
James Romm,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This is not the first time the United States has taken careful aim in Iran and shot its own feet.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Kang noted that Demon Hunters’ visual style was consciously shaped by her lifelong love of anime and manhwa — Korean comics and graphic novels — and executed with careful attention to Korean linguistic and cultural nuances, even though the film’s lingua franca is American English.—
Dan Bilefsky,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
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