BLUE-SKY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

blue-sky

adjective

Definition of blue-sky

as in utopian

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Recent Examples of blue-sky Small American flags lined the driveway and entry path as a show of welcome to veterans on a blue-sky Saturday in the lower 70s. — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026 Autumn typically enjoys the least windy weather, with sparkling blue-sky days, transitioning foliage, and crisp evenings. — Riley Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2026 For example, critics of grant peer review, even before this administration, have noted that the practice can lead scientists to be conservative and avoid pursuing high-risk, blue-sky work—because getting a group of reviewers to agree on the value of a risky idea is hard. — Mark Histed, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026 If resources were not an issue — in the ultimate blue-sky scenario — what kind of thinker or skill set would be Winnipeg’s greatest asset? — Murat Ates, New York Times, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for blue-sky

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Adjective

As with many early American utopian communities, their ranks diminished after the Civil War, but a small band of Shakers has persisted at Sabbathday.

— Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Bacon’s own utopian fantasy The New Atlantis imagines a brave technocratic future, and seemingly predicts everything from submarines to genetic modification and the internet.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of utopian

Adjective

The Sacramento Bee profiles trace each candidate’s path to the race — from a Sacramento high school poker table to an idealistic Silicon Valley startup.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 1 Nov. 2026
While often idealistic, its themes were still relatable as single mother Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and her bright daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel), grappled with tumultuous love lives, professional struggles, and family dysfunction.

— Janey Tracey, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of idealistic

Adjective

Contributor Yelena Moroz Alpert tested the bed in her son’s bedroom, where limited floor space made adding another dresser or nightstand impractical.

— Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2026
Modeling this electric power interface between Maryland and PJM to create a vision is simply impractical.

— Alex Pavlak, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of impractical

Adjective

And, as Issa Rae’s Insecure continues to teach us 10 years after its October 9, 2016 HBO premiere, hella unrealistic.

— Stacy-Ann Ellis, VIBE.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Most administrations understand a team can’t win big every year; with the transfer portal and players pursuing cash, and talent spread out among more teams, winning a conference title every season is unrealistic.

— Mac Engel October 28, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of unrealistic

Adjective

The stars believe the fanciful romance’s originality is enough to attract moviegoers to the theater — as evidenced by the post-trailer buzz.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
The drawing, a fanciful architectural scene called a capriccio, will be on sale at Mallams auction house in Oxford on October 21.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of fanciful

Adjective

The avant-garde revolution of the ’60s produced many visionary jazz musicians, but few were able to perform at both Carnegie Hall and the White House.

— Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
The idea was associated with visionary eighteenth-century architects like Claude-Nicolas Ledoux and Étienne-Louis Boullée—perhaps the most famous example is Ledoux’s Oikema, a proposal for a brothel shaped like a massive phallus.

— Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of visionary

Adjective

But rather than spread panic, the fake messages appear to have had little impact on war-weary civilians – and instead began to generate some imaginative memes.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
Icke uses his formidable talent for imaginative, dynamic, multimedia staging to manifest the act of surveillance — inherently secretive, out of sight — into something extremely tangible.

— Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of imaginative

Adjective

In many cases, boards and investors focused on ethical breaches, such as executives using company funds inappropriately or advancing the careers of romantic partners who reported to them.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
My Beloved’s casually romantic chassis—but Kings of Leon are still prone to occasionally rocking out, for better or worse.

— Larry Fitzmaurice, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of romantic

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