Synonyms of utopian

utopian 1 of 2

adjective

yu̇-ˈtō-pē-ən 

as in romantic

having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality

a plan to revitalize the city's decaying downtown that proved to be overly ambitious and utopian

Synonyms & Similar Words

• romantic
• impractical
• idealistic
• ideological
• idealist
• quixotic
• optimistic
• visionary
• starry-eyed
• starry
• hopeful
• quixotical
• unrealistic
• messianic
• sentimental
• zealous
• crusading
• moony
• doctrinaire
• rosy
• Pollyannaish
• upbeat
• moonstruck
• tender-minded
• dewy-eyed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pragmatic
• realistic
• unsentimental
• practical
• hardheaded
• clear-eyed
• clear-sighted
• tough-minded
• hard-nosed

utopian

2 of 2

noun

as in dreamer

one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world

in the 19th century utopians founded a number of short-lived socialist communities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dreamer
• romantic
• idealist
• romanticist
• visionary
• Don Quixote
• ideologue
• idealizer
• fantast
• theorist
• optimist
• sentimentalist
• emotionalist
• Pollyanna
• daydreamer
• reformer
• perfectionist
• Micawber
• do-gooder
• fantasizer
• doctrinaire
• thinker
• woolgatherer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• realist
• pragmatist
• pessimist
• cynic
• defeatist
• empiricist
• hardnose
• empiric

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of utopian

Adjective

On this basis, the utopian concept of planetary defense could also turn into a celestial version of the Cold War—or worse. — Govert Schilling, Scientific American, 27 June 2026

For all their speed-to-market and trend obsessions, fashion companies struggle to update the systems and materials that go into their products, meaning churn reigns and improvements are consigned to that oft-uttered utopian destination known as ‘when there’s time’. — Brooke Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026

Noun

Defending international shipping isn’t some kind of plot hatched by globalist utopians in the 1990s. — The Editors, National Review, 26 Mar. 2025

Religious groups, social reformers and utopians flowed to the canal zone, eager to integrate themselves in the new opportunities the waterway afforded. — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024