visionaries

7 definitions • 5 examples

a person who has a religious or spiritual experience in which they see a holy person who is not living or they see a holy event that cannot be explained scientifically

a person who has the ability to imagine how a country, society, industry, etc. will develop in the future and to plan in a suitable way

with the ability to imagine how a country, society, industry, etc. will develop in the future:

a visionary author

visionary thinking

relating to a religious vision

a person who is able to imagine how a country, society, industry, etc., will or should develop in the future and to plan in a suitable way:

She was a social reformer, a true visionary.

a person who has the ability to imagine how something will develop in the future:

He's perhaps the pre-eminent visionary in the area of direct marketing.

having the ability to imagine how something will develop in the future:

She has long been recognized as a visionary leader in the green technology sector.