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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The showdown between the first family of the Lakers comes at a time when family ownership is increasingly rare in high-level professional sports, as franchises become astronomically valuable—thanks in part to visionaries like Jerry Buss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
L.A. has reciprocated by sending our visionaries to Salzburg, where director Peter Sellars and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, for instance, have been given the license and means to inspire a reinvention of musical and theatrical thinking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
For decades, gaming subsidized artificial intelligence, forging the careers of today’s AI visionaries and providing the scaffolding for major AI breakthroughs.
From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026
The visionaries of the early Space Age didn’t worry much about solar radiation, coronal mass ejections, galactic cosmic rays, psychological stress from isolation, and cost-benefit ratios.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
The first scythes were true visionaries and saw the wisdom of continuing to cultivate wisdom.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
