English Explanatory Dictionary

utopia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of utopia.

Pronunciation

/juːˈtəʊ.pi.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-utopia.wav /juˈtoʊ.pi.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Utopia.wav

Word forms

utopia utopias utopiae

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek οὐ (ou) Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) New Latin Ūtopiader. English utopia From New Latin Ūtopia, the name of a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía). Compare English topos and -ia.

Synonyms

paradise

Antonyms

dystopia unutopia

Related words

heaven paradise

Derived words

anti-utopia autopia blacktopia cyberutopia dystopia eutopia eutopic gaytopia heterotopia infotopia intimatopia Jewtopia pornotopia privatopia romantopia sextopia technoutopia techno-utopian technoutopian technotopian unutopia utopian utopiate utopic utopical utopism utopist utopistic utopographer whitetopia
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