as in utopia
an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness
a lavish resort casino that transports its patrons to fantasyland—at least for a few hours
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Recent Examples of fantasyland
The prices still seem to come from fantasyland with pesto burrata costing $28.99 whilst a Coke will now set you back $6.99 and the slice of chocolate cake weighs in at $24.99.
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
If the candy surroundings evoke the famous fantasyland, Google Ventures, and its only LP Alphabet, occupy a role within the startup scene that’s not so dissimilar from Willy Wonka’s factory.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2024
For folks who’ve never heard of Casa Bonita, half the fun comes from discovering this low-quality, medium-concept, high-kitsch fantasyland that had so impressed Parker as a kid — an ersatz old-timey Mexican town conceived of equal parts imagination and bad taste.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
In fact, bringing the entire dialogue into fantasyland is a nice way to reduce pressure while also offering insight into what drives someone.
—Sophie Mancini, Vogue, 2 July 2024
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
If the candy surroundings evoke the famous fantasyland, Google Ventures, and its only LP Alphabet, occupy a role within the startup scene that’s not so dissimilar from Willy Wonka’s factory.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2024
For folks who’ve never heard of Casa Bonita, half the fun comes from discovering this low-quality, medium-concept, high-kitsch fantasyland that had so impressed Parker as a kid — an ersatz old-timey Mexican town conceived of equal parts imagination and bad taste.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
In fact, bringing the entire dialogue into fantasyland is a nice way to reduce pressure while also offering insight into what drives someone.
—Sophie Mancini, Vogue, 2 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantasyland
Noun
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Musk, Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg are all fans of Iain Banks’s Culture series, which imagines a post-scarcity socialist utopia where all of our measly 21st-century problems have been solved by technological advancement.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
21 June 2025
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But as three generations of the beautiful, distinguished Sinclair family converge on their private summer utopia, no one is talking – not even The Liars, Cadence's childhood best friends.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Expensive tickets, of course, and a scalper’s paradise.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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There are deep shipwrecks, big waves, and surf culture on the Atlantic side, and sugar-white sand and eco paradises filled with mangroves and wildlife on the west side.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
17 June 2025
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“Fantasyland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantasyland. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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