different between foresight vs visionary

English

Etymology

From Middle English forsight, forsyght, forsichte, equivalent to fore- +? sight. Compare Scots foresicht (“foresight”), Saterland Frisian Foarsicht (“caution”), West Frisian foarútsjoch (“foresight”), Dutch voorzicht (“foresight”), German Vorsicht (“caution; care; attention”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??sa?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??sa?t/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?fo(?)?sa?t/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?fo?sa?t/
• Homophone: Forsythe (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
• Hyphenation: fore?sight

Noun

foresight (countable and uncountable, plural foresights)

1. The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
2. the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
3. (surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object

Synonyms

• (ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future): prescience, foreknowledge, divination, clairvoyance, prophecy

Antonyms

• hindsight

Derived terms

• foresightly
• foresighty

Related terms

• foresee
• backsight

Translations

Anagrams

• gift horse, gift-horse

English

Etymology

vision +? -ary

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??n?(?)?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v????n??i/
• Hyphenation: vi?sion?ar?y

Adjective

visionary (comparative more visionary, superlative most visionary)

1. having vision or foresight
2. imaginary or illusory
3. prophetic or revelatory
4. idealistic or utopian

   a visionary scheme or project

Translations

Noun

visionary (plural visionaries)

1. Someone who has visions; a seer.
2. An impractical dreamer.
3. Someone who has positive ideas about the future.

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