visionary
Bold imagination's keeper
A visionary sees possibilities others miss—someone with unusual foresight or imagination about the future.
The word can praise genuine insight a visionary leader who transformed the industry or dismiss impractical dreaming His plans were visionary but ignored basic economics.
As an adjective, visionary describes ideas, plans, or thinking characterized by such imagination.
Visionary can also mean relating to supernatural visions or apparitions.
One given to fantasies
- optimistHabitually hopeful person
- utopianImpractically perfect in conception
- idealistPursuer of noble principles
- philosopherStudent of fundamental questions
reformer · humanitarian · altruist · romantic · aspirational · quixotic · perfectionist · hopeful
One who envisions futures
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
prophecy · revelation · mystic · soothsayer · foresight · prognosticator · diviner · forecaster
One who guides others
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- luminaryInspiring figure or celestial body
icon · mentor · beacon · transformative · influential · charismatic · empowering · heroic
Creating something original
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- originalityNovel creative quality
- inventivenessCapacity for original creation
genius · inventor · designer · artist · pioneer · trailblazer · brainstorm · conceptualize
Creating something original
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- automationSelf-operating system design
- biotechApplied biological engineering
augmented-reality · nanotechnology · genomics · self-driving · futurist · speculative · sci-fi · utopia
Root-indicating symbol
- reformistAdvocate for gradual change
- dissidentOpposer of established systems
- iconoclastAttacker of cherished beliefs
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
rebel · activist · firebrand · subversive · agitator · insurgent · vanguard · disruptor
dreamer
One given to fantasies
- optimistHabitually hopeful person
- utopianImpractically perfect in conception
- idealistPursuer of noble principles
philosopher · reformer · humanitarian · altruist · romantic · aspirational · quixotic · perfectionist · hopeful · starry-eyed
seer
One who envisions futures
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
divination · prophecy · revelation · mystic · soothsayer · foresight · prognosticator · diviner · forecaster · sibyl
leader
One who guides others
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
luminary · icon · mentor · beacon · transformative · influential · charismatic · empowering · heroic · enlightening
innovation
Creating something original
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- originalityNovel creative quality
inventiveness · genius · inventor · designer · artist · pioneer · trailblazer · brainstorm · conceptualize · ideate
innovation
Creating something original
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- automationSelf-operating system design
biotech · augmented-reality · nanotechnology · genomics · self-driving · futurist · speculative · sci-fi · utopia · dystopia
radical
Root-indicating symbol
- reformistAdvocate for gradual change
- dissidentOpposer of established systems
- iconoclastAttacker of cherished beliefs
nonconformist · rebel · activist · firebrand · subversive · agitator · insurgent · vanguard · disruptor · avant-garde
- innovatorsinnovator, innovators, inventor, pioneers, pioneer
- leadership termscaptain, shepherd, helmsman, navigator, pilot
- Forward-thinkinginnovative, progressive, pioneering, futuristic, prescient
- leadershipleadership styles, leader, leadership skills, boss, leading
- character typesprotagonist, hero, antagonist, villain, heroes
- creative traitscreative, imaginative, inventive, innovative, original
visionarymyopic
Unable to see far
shortsighted · nearsighted · improvident · half-cocked · reactive
- visionary leaderInnovator who directs others
- artistic visionariesGroundbreaking creative thinkers
- visionary leadershipDirecting others toward ambitious futures
- visionary experienceProfound perceptual or spiritual episode
- visionary thinkingImaginative contemplation of possibilities