VISIONARY Synonyms

• the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project

• being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before

• of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas

• of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

• (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

• ahead of the times

• being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before

• (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

• favoring or promoting progress

• (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases

• a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

• a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

• favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

• gradually advancing in extent

• (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position

• advancing in severity

• of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root

• especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem

• (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

• an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule

• a person who has radical ideas or opinions

• (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity

• a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm

• markedly new or introducing radical change

• arising from or going to the root or source

• of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia

• of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia

• characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection

• an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer

• someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

• one of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory

• open up an area or prepare a way

• take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

• open up and explore a new area

• To create (blaze) a new trail that others can then follow

• Resembling a trailblazer; innovative or pioneering.

• open to or abounding in fresh air

• not practical or realizable; speculative

• having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air

• characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air

• a person with unusual powers of foresight

• someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

• not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters

• not practical or realizable; speculative

• relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Laputa or its people

• not practical or realizable; speculative

• a person with unusual powers of foresight

• an observer who perceives visually

• an authoritative person who divines the future

• abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes

• not practical or realizable; speculative

• resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability

• using or containing too many words