What does "utopian" mean?
Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia.
Utopian
/juːˈtəʊ.pi.ən/ adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia.
- Grammar: utopian is listed as adj, name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: abstract, academic, ambitious, arcadian.
- Useful contrasts: imperfect, pragmatic, realistic.
- Usage evidence: To live in a perfect world is just a utopian dream.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia.
"One of our brighter young Utopians, Aldous Huxley, predicts that the movies of the future will include “feelies” and “smellies.”"
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of utopian. alt-of
"At the end of the first cantos, fresh from the description of the female college, with its professoresses, and hostleresses, and other Utopian monsters, […]"
- 3 an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer wordnet
- 4 A person from Utopia, a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system from Thomas More’s 1516 book of the same name.
"As unusual as these official games may appear, they constitute an integral part in teaching the machiavellian tactics which the Utopians proudly use in their foreign wars."
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia.
"utopian happiness"
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of utopian. alt-of
"[I]f it sounds Utopian to say that Christianity can save the world—remember, it is Utopia or hell!"
- 3 Ideal but often impractical; visionary.
"a utopian project"
Adjective
- 1 characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection wordnet
- 2 of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A constructed language created by Thomas More and Peter Giles for the fictional island Utopia, from Thomas More’s 1516 book of the same name. uncountable
Example
"To live in a perfect world is just a utopian dream."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "utopian"?
Common synonyms include: abstract, academic, ambitious, arcadian, aspirant, aspirer.
How do you use "utopian" in a sentence?
To live in a perfect world is just a utopian dream.
How do you pronounce "utopian"?
Pronounced /juːˈtəʊ.pi.ən/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From utopia + -an.
Etymology 2
From Utopia + -an.