Synonyms of never-never land

never-never land

noun

ˌne-vər-ˈne-vər- 

as in utopia

an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness

a depiction of Merry Old England that debunks the popular notion that it was ever some sort of never-never land

Synonyms & Similar Words

• utopia
• paradise
• heaven
• promised land
• Garden of Eden
• New Jerusalem
• Eden
• nirvana
• Zion
• lotusland
• wonderland
• Camelot
• fantasyland
• Cockaigne
• Elysium
• empyrean
• Shangri-la
• joy
• bliss
• arcadia
• fairyland
• dreamland
• blissfulness
• dreamworld
• euphoria
• gladness
• blessedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hell
• dystopia
• anti-utopia
• fool's paradise

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of never-never land

Yet the extravagance that helped define E3’s never-never land feeling remained at full-tilt. — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2023

Pavelski was curling in from the left wing, outpaced his check, only to get clobbered to never-never land by Dumba. — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023

Every chapter straddles the psychological never-never land between myth and science. — Robert M. Thorson, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022

Ownership of both is a must for the haves and a never-never land for the have-nots. — Scott Burns, Dallas News, 9 Oct. 2020

Of course, this abject failure is nothing new in the never-never land of presidential debates. — Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2020

But for ten days every June, when the Aspen Ideas Festival is in full swing, a technicolour fever dream descends and the campus becomes a corporate never-never land. — The Economist, 11 Oct. 2019

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