visionary
adjective
given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes.
visionaries
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pluralof visionary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They are something I have never seen before, visionaries at the joyous beginning of something new, something huge, who are utterly fatalistic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Hemphill was born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1938, and the region was a hotbed for such jazz visionaries as Bobby Bradford, John Carter and Ornette Coleman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
“We have the benefit of being founded and led by Elon Musk, one of the great visionaries of our generation,” SpaceX touted in its IPO paperwork.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026
What creative visionaries achieve with Legos is very different from Explosive Media’s slopaganda cartoons, to be clear.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
The first scythes were true visionaries and saw the wisdom of continuing to cultivate wisdom.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
