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visionary Synonyms

Another word for visionary

Choosing another word for visionary depends on context, so the 26 synonyms and similar words below are separated across 4 exact definitions and ranked by match strength.
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• noun (Context 1)

A person with original, farsighted ideas about what the future will or could be like.

Usage Example

"She was hailed as a technological pioneer who anticipated the rise of mobile computing decades before her peers."

Strong
pioneer
trailblazer
innovator
futurist
dreamer
idealist
prophet

• adjective (Context 2)

Thinking about or planning the future with remarkable imagination, foresight, and wisdom.

Usage Example

"The architect's farsighted designs transformed the city's historic waterfront into a sustainable public park."

Strongest
farsighted
forward-looking
Strong
prescient
innovative
imaginative
prophetic
inspired
pioneering

• noun (Context 3)

A person who experiences supernatural, religious, or mystical visions.

Usage Example

"The medieval manuscript chronicles the spiritual revelations of a 14th-century monastic mystic."

Strongest
mystic
Strong
seer
prophet
oracle
clairvoyant

• adjective (Context 4)

Existing only in the imagination or in mystical visions; fanciful, idealistic, or impractical.

Usage Example

"Critics dismissed his proposal for a currency-free society as a utopian scheme detached from economic reality."

Strongest
utopian
Strong
idealistic
quixotic
fanciful
chimerical
impractical
dreamy

Opposites of visionary

The opposite of visionary shifts depending on context. Common opposites include:

shortsighted
pragmatic
myopic
practical
realistic
unimaginative
down-to-earth
traditionalist
See all opposites of visionary

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