English-Thai Dictionary

visionary

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ การ เห็นภาพ  kiao-kab-kan-hen-pab

 

visionary

ADJ เพ้อฝัน  idealistic imaginary real actual por-fan

 

visionary

ADJ ไม่ จริง  ที่เกิด จาก จินตนาการ  imaginery realistic mai-jing

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VISIONARY

a. 1. Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination.
Or lull to rest the visionary maid.
2. Imaginary; existing in imagination only; not real; having no solid foundation; as a visionary prospect; a visionary scheme or project.

 

VISIONARY

n. 1. One whose imagination is disturbed.
2. One who forms impracticable schemes; one who is confident of success in a project which others perceive to be idle and fanciful. [Visionist, in a like sense, is not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VISIONARY

Vi "sion *a *ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. visionnaire. ]

 

1. Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions. The visionary hour When musing midnight reigns. Thomson.

 

2. Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination; given to reverie; apt to receive, and act upon, fancies as if they were realities. Or lull to rest the visionary maid. Pope.

 

3. Existing in imagination only; not real; fanciful; imaginary; having no solid foundation; as, visionary prospect; a visionary scheme or project. Swift.

 

Syn. -- Fanciful; fantastic; unreal. See Fanciful.

 

VISIONARY

Vi "sion *a *ry, n.; pl. Visionaries (.

 

1. One whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms.

 

2. One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

visionary

vi sion ar y |ˈviZHəˌnerē ˈvɪʒəˌnɛri | ▶adjective 1 (esp. of a person ) thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom: a visionary leader. • archaic (of a scheme or idea ) not practical. 2 of, relating to, or able to see visions in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition: a visionary experience. • archaic existing only in a vision or in the imagination. ▶noun ( pl. visionaries ) a person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like. DERIVATIVES vi sion ar i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

visionary

vi ¦sion |ary |ˈvɪʒ (ə )n (ə )ri | ▶adjective 1 thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom: a visionary leader. • archaic (of a scheme or idea ) not practical. 2 relating to or having the ability to see visions in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition: visionary dreams. • archaic existing only in a vision or in the imagination. ▶noun ( pl. visionaries ) a person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like. DERIVATIVES visionariness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

visionary

visionary adjective 1 a visionary person: inspired, imaginative, creative, inventive, ingenious, enterprising, innovative; insightful, perceptive, intuitive, prescient, discerning, shrewd, wise, clever, resourceful; idealistic, romantic, quixotic, dreamy; informal starry-eyed. 2 archaic a visionary image. See imaginary. ▶noun a visionary pictured him in hell: seer, mystic, oracle, prophet /prophetess, soothsayer, augur, diviner, clairvoyant, crystal-gazer, medium; literary sibyl. WORD TOOLKIT See quixotic . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

visionary

visionary adjective a visionary leader: inspired, imaginative, creative, inventive, insightful, ingenious, enterprising, innovative, perceptive, intuitive, far-sighted, prescient, discerning, penetrating, sharp, shrewd, wise, clever, talented, gifted, resourceful; idealistic, idealized, utopian, romantic, quixotic, impractical, unrealistic, unworkable, unfeasible, out of touch with reality, fairy-tale, fanciful, dreamy, ivory-towered, theoretical, hypothetical; informal starry-eyed, head-in-the-clouds. ▶noun 1 a contemporary visionary pictured him in hell: seer, mystic, oracle, prophet, prophetess, soothsayer, sibyl, augur, diviner, prognosticator, clairvoyant, psychic, crystal-gazer; dreamer; Scottish spaeman, spaewife; rare oracler, vaticinator. 2 he was too much of a visionary to run a business effectively: dreamer, daydreamer, idealist, romantic, romanticist, fantasist, theorist, utopian. WORD TOOLKIT visionary See quixotic . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

visionary

vi sion ar y /vɪ́ʒənèri |-n (ə )ri /形容詞 1 先見の明のある .2 幻想的な, 幻のような ▸ a visionary image 幻 3 〈計画 考えなどが 〉非現実的な, 実行不可能な, 実際的でない ; 架空の ▸ visionary schemes 非現実的な計画 .4 〈人が 〉思弁的な ; 幻想にふける, 空想的な .名詞 複 -ies C 1 幻を見る人 ; 神秘家 .2 非現実的な人 ; 夢想家, 空想家 .3 先見の明のある人 .