Visionary synonyms
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Having a pleasant or romantic atmosphere
Having the qualities of romance (in the sense of something appealing deeply to the imagination); invoking on a powerfully sentimental idea of life; evocative, atmospheric. [from 17th c.]
Being considerate about the future with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showing anticipation.
Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.
hope (related)
(Uncountable) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
Lacking practicality or the possibility of realization:
Of, characterized by, or based on idealism
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Of or pertaining to an ideology.
Not compatible with reality or fact; unreasonably idealistic:
Ideal but often impractical; visionary.
The definition of quixotic is romantic behavior or following beliefs even though they are foolish or unreachable goals.
in the clouds
Impractical
Absurd; impossible
Tending to deceive; delusive.
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practical (antonym)
Manifested in or involving practice:
realistic (antonym)
Expressed or represented as being accurate.
pragmatical (antonym)
(Law) Relating to affairs of state.
impractical (related)
Not workable or useful; impracticable
fantastic (related)
Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
imaginary (related)
(Math.) Designating or of the square root of a negative quantity, or of a complex number that is not real
The definition of aerial is something that is in or from the air.
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Stubbornly holding on to an idea without concern for practicalities or reality.
Full of fancy; indulging in fancies; imaginative in a playful way; whimsical
Producing, based on, or having the nature of, illusion; deceptive; unreal
Tending to indulge in the fanciful or in make-believe.
Lacking a sense of responsibility; incapable of or not chargeable with responsibility; unable to respond to obligation.
Absurdly impractical or visionary, especially to the neglect of more useful activity.
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The definition of notional is something that exists only in theory or only in the imagination.
Idealistic, visionary, or impractical
Of or relating to poetry:
With the eyes sparkling in a glow of happiness, dreams, wonder, romance, etc.
The definition of theoretical is something that is based on an assumption or opinion.
Situated beyond or above the moon; superlunary.
Lacking basis in fact.
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castle-builder
One that dreams.
fantast
(Obsolete) One whose manners or ideas are fantastic and fanciful.
One whose conduct or thinking is influenced by ideals that often conflict with practical considerations.
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A zealous exponent or advocate of a specified ideology
A student of or specialist in philosophy.
A person who speaks for God or a god, or as though under divine or paranormal guidance
romancer
One who romances.
An adherent of Romanticism in literature, painting, music, etc.
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Someone who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
A person who stargazes, as an astrologer or astronomer
real (antonym)
Free of pretense, falsehood, or affectation:
unromantic (antonym)
Not romantic
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realist (antonym)
A practitioner of artistic or philosophic realism.
The definition of prescient is knowing what is going to happen before it happens.
Relating to a monoclonal antibody produced from the cells of an organism, usually a mouse, in which the constant region has been replaced with a human sequence of amino acids. This is done in the laboratory by replacing part of the DNA sequence in the nonhuman cells of an organism with a sequence of human DNA.
Tending to delude.
Producing hallucination
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Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour.
Of or having to do with a concept or concepts
Of or pertaining to fantasy.
Of or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural means
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Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent.
Of, relating to, or having the power of divination; prophetic.
Obscure; enigmatic
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Having the nature of or characterized by prophecy; prophetic
Dreamy in mood or nature; absent-minded.
Given to daydreams or reverie
foresight (related)
Characterized by foresight
ability (related)
The definition of ability is having the ability to do something.
Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.
Open to the wind; unsheltered:
thinker (related)
futurist (related)
charismatic (related)
genius (related)
iconoclastic (related)
not real
Imaginary
A stubborn, assertive, opinionated person.
Radical is someone who goes against social norms and who often advocates social change.
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