adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- utopian happiness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
utopian
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /juːˈtəʊ.pi.ən/
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General-American: /juˈtoʊ.pi.ən/
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rhymes with -əʊpiən
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adj
Meaning 2
Ideal but often impractical; visionary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a utopian project
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: utopic
Antonyms: dystopian
adj
Meaning 3
Alternative letter-case form of utopian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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name
Meaning 4
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
Alternative letter-case form of utopian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 7
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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adjective
Meaning 8
characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the dim utopian future
- utopian idealists
- recognized the utopian nature of his hopes
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: dystopian
adjective
Meaning 9
of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a Utopian novel
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noun
Meaning 10
an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a Utopian believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist
History
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 Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English utopian From utopia + -an.
From Utopia + -an.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: طُوبَاوِيّ (ṭūbawiyy) — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Bulgarian: утопи́чен (utopíčen) — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Catalan: utòpic — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Chinese Mandarin: 烏托邦的 /乌托邦的 (wūtuōbāng de) — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Chinese Mandarin: 空想的 (kōngxiǎng de) — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Czech: utopický — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Danish: utopisk — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Dutch: utopisch — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Esperanto: utopia — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Estonian: utoopiline — of or pertaining to a utopia
- French: utopique — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Georgian: უტოპიური (uṭoṗiuri) — of or pertaining to a utopia
- German: utopisch — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Greek: ουτοπικός (outopikós) — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Irish: útóipeach — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Italian: utopistico — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Kazakh: утопиялық (utopiälyq) — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Lithuanian: utopiškas — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Norwegian Bokmål: utopisk — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: utopisk — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Iranian Persian: آرمانشهری (ârmân-šahri) — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Portuguese: utópico — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Russian: утопи́ческий (utopíčeskij) — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Spanish: utópico — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Yiddish: אוטאָפּיש (utopish) — of or pertaining to a utopia
- Azerbaijani: xəyalpərəst — someone who heralds the establishment of a utopia
- Bulgarian: утопи́ст (utopíst) — someone who heralds the establishment of a utopia
- Catalan: utopista — someone who heralds the establishment of a utopia
- French: utopiste — someone who heralds the establishment of a utopia
- Russian: утопи́ст (utopíst) — someone who heralds the establishment of a utopia
- Russian: утопи́стка (utopístka) — someone who heralds the establishment of a utopia
- Spanish: utopista — someone who heralds the establishment of a utopia
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