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visionary

/ˈvɪʒənri/adjective

उच्चारण विज़न्री

दूरदर्शी, भविष्यद्रष्टा, कल्पनाशील

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adjective
  1. 1

    approving

    having or showing clear ideas about what should happen in the future; original and imaginative

    दूरदर्शी, भविष्यद्रष्टा, कल्पनाशील

    • a visionary leader who planned the city a century ahead
    • visionary plans for a green campus
    • The founder was a visionary leader who saw the value of cheap internet early on.
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    • Students admired the principal's visionary approach to science education.
    • It was a visionary decision to build the metro before the traffic became unbearable.

    Synonyms far-sighted imaginative prophetic

    Opposite short-sighted unimaginative conventional

  2. 2

    (of ideas) based on dreams rather than practical reality

    स्वप्निल, अव्यावहारिक

    • visionary schemes that never got off the ground
    • The architect's visionary plan for the city was too costly to build.
    • Critics dismissed the proposal as visionary and unaffordable.
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    • His visionary ideas looked fine on paper but failed in the real market.
    • The visionary scheme to move the capital never left the drawing board.

    Synonyms idealistic impractical utopian

    Opposite practical realistic

nounvisionaries
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    a person with original ideas about the future; a person who sees visions

    दूरदर्शी व्यक्ति; दिव्य दर्शन पाने वाला

    • Dr Abdul Kalam was a visionary who dreamed of a developed India by 2020.
    • Jamsetji Tata was a visionary who dreamed of setting up India's first steel plant.
    • Steve Jobs is often described as a visionary of the technology world.
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    • Every great reform needs a visionary who can see beyond today's problems.
    • Radhika called her grandfather a visionary because he sent all his daughters to college.

    Synonyms prophet seer dreamer

◇Word family
vision noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

far-sighted imaginative prophetic idealistic impractical utopian prophet seer dreamer

Antonyms

short-sighted unimaginative conventional practical realistic

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vi·sion·ary

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Notes

Both the praise sense (far-sighted) and the critical sense (impractical) are tested.

प्रशंसा वाला अर्थ (दूरदर्शी) और आलोचना वाला अर्थ (अव्यावहारिक) दोनों पूछे जाते हैं।