UTOPIA Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

utopia

noun

yu̇-ˈtō-pē-ə

Definition of utopia

as in paradise

an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness dreamed of one day retiring to a tropical utopia

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Recent Examples of utopia Turner gave me a framework for understanding how a profoundly anti-institutional ethos took hold, one that treated democratic institutions as obstacles to be bulldozed on the way to cyber-utopia. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026 Elon Musk and this sort of fantasy of a future techno-utopia Gaza. — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026 Then there are folks like Vinod Khosla and Elon Musk, who predict people won’t need money or jobs, without telling us how this utopia/dystopia will come to pass. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026 What’s going on now makes the Gilded Age of Rockefeller look like an egalitarian utopia. — NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for utopia

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The Anderson Ranch Arts Center, a five-acre complex of studios and artist housing in Snowmass, Colorado, that offers workshops and residencies, is often called a maker’s paradise.

— Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
South of Valencia along the Costa Blanca is Alicante, a walkable port city and an outdoor lover’s paradise with parks, gardens, and historic plazas unfold beneath the watchful eye of a 9th-century castle.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of paradise

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This world’s heavens are lit with cosmic rays, its cityscapes otherworldly — everything seems to service an unabashed romanticism.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
And thanks to Tucson’s extraordinarily dark heavens, the Sonoran skyscape takes center stage with Peace Among the Stars.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026

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