English Explanatory Dictionary

utopian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia.
  2. Ideal but often impractical; visionary.
noun
  1. Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of utopian.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of utopian.
  2. 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.
name
  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.

Pronunciation

/juːˈtəʊ.pi.ən/ /juˈtoʊ.pi.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-utopian.wav

Word forms

utopian more utopian most utopian utopians

Etymology

From utopia + -an.

Synonyms

unrealistic visionary utopic

Antonyms

imperfect pragmatic realistic dystopian

Related words

utopic

Derived words

antiutopian cyberutopian nonutopian utopianise utopianize utopianism utopianist utopianistic utopianly utopian socialism utopian socialist techno-utopian
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