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
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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
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Recent Examples of utopian
Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
The album’s bookends are fittingly utopian.
—Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
Sonja Fritzsche, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Defending international shipping isn’t some kind of plot hatched by globalist utopians in the 1990s.
—The Editors, National Review, 26 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The film’s early images — lush fairways, orderly golf course rituals, bodies moving through a dewy, manicured world of leisure — project an intoxicating, utopian calm.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
The album’s bookends are fittingly utopian.
—Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
If not, these elements of Musk’s project are likely to remain more theoretical, just as the dreams of last century’s techno-utopians did.
—Sonja Fritzsche, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Defending international shipping isn’t some kind of plot hatched by globalist utopians in the 1990s.
—The Editors, National Review, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for utopian
Adjective
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The elegant square neckline paired with the drop Basque waist creates a romantic silhouette.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Unrequited romantic feelings activate major cringe as Venus and Saturn align.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Manufacturing scale will separate winners from dreamers.—
Ravin Gandhi,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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Such psychedelic experience is echoed in a local belief that the forest spirit appears to dreamers in the form of a tiger.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Park Board can issue bonds, something that was impractical for the Port Authority.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Woanger Set of 4 Wicker Storage Baskets Pretty, functional storage solutions are the perfect antidote to impractical minimalism.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Curiosity widens your world as idealistic Venus moves through your 9th House of Philosophy, trining optimistic Jupiter in your thoughtful sign.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Practical Saturn meets idealistic Neptune in your 9th House of Travel and Learning, encouraging you to turn a quest into a structured path.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The two formed an alliance despite Pulido proving to be more in the ideological center than Talarico.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Skydance committed to ensure the new company presents a diversity of viewpoints across the political and ideological spectrum.—
Rodney Ho,
AJC.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Sagittarius is an idealist sign that can totally relate to this tale of enduring relationships.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The contact with and dependence on such support arguably also bolstered art’s worldliness and acted as an antidote to the petit bourgeois affinity for idealist mystification.—
Diedrich Diederichsen,
Artforum,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Utopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/utopian. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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