Synonyms of utopian

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adjective

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

utopian

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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
• idealogue
• Don Quixote
• ideologue
• idealizer
• fantast
• theorist
• optimist
• sentimentalist
• emotionalist
• Pollyanna
• daydreamer
• reformer
• perfectionist
• Micawber
• do-gooder
• doctrinaire
• fantasizer
• thinker
• woolgatherer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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