visionary C2+ Topic:Time US /ˈvɪʒəˌnɛri/ UK /ˈvɪʒənəri/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj thinking about the future with imagination or wisdom; a person who does so The visionary founder foresaw the mobile revolution decades early. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · thinking about the future... propheticimaginativeidealisticfarsightedinspiredutopiandreamerprophet More seeridealist ↔ Opposites unimaginativepragmaticshortsightedrealist Word family Forms visionariness Derived forms visionariness Related forms visionvisionalvisionlessvisualize Etymology AI details From Latin visio ('a seeing, sight'), from videre ('to see'), via the noun vision plus the adjective-forming suffix -ary. visio Latin videre Latin *weyd- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Time Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # visionary **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈvɪʒəˌnɛri/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈvɪʒənəri/ ## Meanings 1. thinking about the future with imagination or wisdom; a person who does so ## Examples - The visionary founder foresaw the mobile revolution decades early. ## Synonyms - prophetic - imaginative - idealistic - farsighted - inspired - utopian - dreamer - prophet - seer - idealist ## Antonyms - unimaginative - pragmatic - shortsighted - realist ## Derived Forms - visionariness ## Related Forms - vision - visional - visionless - visualize ## Roots and Affixes - Root: visio - Root: videre - Root: *weyd- ## Etymology From Latin visio ('a seeing, sight'), from videre ('to see'), via the noun vision plus the adjective-forming suffix -ary. ## AI Etymology Visionary comes from Latin visio ('a seeing, sight'), from videre ('to see'), via the noun vision plus the adjective-forming suffix -ary. In current use it is an adjective and noun meaning "thinking about the future with imagination or wisdom; a person who does so". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The surface form is compositional: its joined elements remain visible in the modern word. The historical chain includes Latin visio, Latin videre, and Proto-Indo-European *weyd-. Related English forms include vision, visional, visionless, and visualize. A derived form is visionariness. The word's history is thus visible in its construction: the components remain interpretable even after the whole expression has settled into a conventional English meaning. ## Topics - Time - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown