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(Entry 1 of 2)
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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- hopeful,
- optimistic,
- Pollyannaish
- (also Pollyannish),
- rosy,
- upbeat
- doctrinaire,
- ideological
- (also ideologic)
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utopian
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of utopian (Entry 2 of 2)
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 for utopian
- Don Quixote,
- dreamer,
- fantast,
- idealist,
- idealizer,
- ideologue
- (also idealogue),
- romantic,
- romanticist,
- visionary
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“Utopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/utopian. Accessed 2 Dec. 2021.
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The first known use of utopian was in 1551
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