CLOUDLANDS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

cloudlands

noun

plural of cloudland

as in cloud-cuckoo-lands

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Jäger compares the sounds of techno to the noise of Detroit’s industrial machinery—the music that drove the ersatz utopias of the late twentieth century is, in other words, merely a synthetic echo of a far more vital past.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
In the early days, utopias were generally located on our own planet, in places as yet undiscovered, or which were so far away that anything was possible.

— Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026

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These nine classics skillfully keep audiences guessing while depicting different kinds of waking nightmares, making the protagonists’ traumas our own for a few entertaining hours.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026
As more time passed and Minnesota remained within striking distance, nightmares of last season morphed into reality.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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