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visionary

vi·sion·ar·y/ˈvɪʒəˌnɛɹi/adjective, noun

visionary is spelled V-I-S-I-O-N-A-R-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables (vi·sion·ar·y). It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, visionary means “Having vision or foresight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in visionary?

Letters9: V-I-S-I-O-N-A-R-Y
Syllables4: vi·sion·ar·y
In writing2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is visionary?

Visionary appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce visionary?

  • UK /ˈvɪʒn̩(ə)ɹi/
  • US /ˈvɪʒəˌnɛɹi/

Visionary has 4 syllables, split vi·sion·ar·y in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-visionary.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of visionary

  • more visionary comparative
  • most visionary superlative
  • visionaries plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does visionary mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Having vision or foresight.

  2. 2

    Imaginary or illusory.

  3. 3

    Prophetic or revelatory.

  4. 4

    Idealistic or utopian.

    a visionary scheme or project

noun

  1. 1

    Someone who has visions; a seer.

  2. 2

    An impractical dreamer.

  3. 3

    Someone who has creative and positive ideas about the future.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Visionary in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchvisionnaire (having vision or foresight), illusoire, imaginaire (imaginary or illusory), prophétique (prophetic or revelatory), utopique, idéaliste (idealistic or utopian)
Germanvisionär (having vision or foresight), unwirklich (imaginary or illusory), seherisch, hellseherisch (prophetic or revelatory), ideal (idealistic or utopian), Visionär (someone who has visions)
Portuguesevisionário (having vision or foresight)
Spanishvisionario (having vision or foresight), visionaria (someone who has visions)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does visionary come from?

From vision + -ary.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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