Origin: Latin suffix -ary
Visionary has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible
"The visionary architect insisted on building a floating city powered by magic, ignoring all the engineers' warnings about structural feasibility."
a person with unusual powers of foresight
"The community leader was hailed as a visionary when she correctly predicted decades ago that our town would eventually become a major hub for renewable energy."
Someone who has visions; a seer.
"The old monk was known as a visionary because he claimed to see angels hovering above the monastery every morning at dawn."
not practical or realizable; speculative
"airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"
"visionary schemes for getting rich"
having vision or foresight
"The visionary leader predicted the rise of remote work decades before most companies even considered it."