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Pronunciation / Transliteration: durdarshi
"वह एक महान दूरदर्शी थे।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like.
"He was known as a visionary who changed the tech industry forever."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'visio' meaning 'sight' or 'seeing', passing through Old French 'visionnaire'. It evolved from describing people who experienced religious visions or hallucinations to denoting individuals with original, creative, and far-sighted ideas about the future.
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Visionary"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "Visionary" is said worldwide
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visionnaire
Transliteration: visionnaire
"C'était un véritable visionnaire."
Visionär
Transliteration: Visionär
"Er gilt als ein großer Visionär."
visionario
Transliteration: visionario
"Era un leader visionario."
visionario
Transliteration: visionario
"Steve Jobs fue un empresario visionario."
visionário
Transliteration: visionário
"Ela tinha uma mente visionária."
दूरदर्शी
Transliteration: durdarshi
"वह एक महान दूरदर्शी थे।"
有远见的人
Transliteration: yǒu yuǎnjiàn de rén
"他是一位杰出的有远见的人。"
선구자
Transliteration: seonguja
"그는 진정한 선구자였다."
ビジョナリー
Transliteration: bijonarī
"彼は先見の明のあるビジョナリーだ。"
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