Category: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.