Synonyms of dystopian

dystopian

adjective

as in anti-utopian

Related Words

• anti-utopian
• earthly
• terrestrial
• hellish
• mundane
• worldly
• infernal
• chthonic
• sulfurous
• plutonian
• Tartarean

Dissimilar Words

• celestial
• heavenly
• ethereal
• supernatural
• transcendental
• transcendent
• supernal
• unearthly
• empyrean
• unworldly
• empyreal
• blissful
• elysian
• angelic
• beatific

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dystopian

The scorching Afrofuturist dystopian nightmare that told of decades of oppression to come (and of centuries past mired in it), was lost to time. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 July 2026

Silver is well known in the YA world for his dystopian duology starting with HappyHead then Dead Happy. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 July 2026

There’s the funny and the unsettling (and in some cases the funny and unsettling); there’s dystopian fantasy and domestic drama; there’s the gritty and the magically mysterious; there are some that will please and some that may shock. — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 28 July 2026

With last week’s OpenAI incident evoking troubling scenes straight out of the most dystopian sci-fi novels, the tools, which are currently in preview mode, deserve a healthy dose of caution that Microsoft made no mention of. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026