Visionary Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of VISIONARY

1

[more visionary; most visionary]

a

:

having or showing clear ideas about what should happen or be done in the future

• She is known as a visionary leader.
• visionary leadership

b

:

having or showing a powerful imagination

• a visionary poet

2

:

of or relating to something that is seen or imagined in a dream or vision (sense 3)

• He had a visionary experience.

Britannica Dictionary definition of VISIONARY

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1

a

:

a person who has clear ideas about what should happen or be done in the future

• She's a visionary in her field.
• a political visionary

b

:

a person who has a powerful imagination

• an artistic visionary

2

:

a person who sees visions (sense 3)