Synonyms of utopians

utopians

noun

plural of utopian

as in dreamers

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

• dreamers
• idealists
• romantics
• romanticists
• ideologues
• visionaries
• theorists
• sentimentalists
• optimists
• Don Quixotes
• idealizers
• fantasts
• daydreamers
• reformers
• Pollyannas
• emotionalists
• perfectionists
• thinkers
• do-gooders
• doctrinaires
• Micawbers
• fantasizers
• woolgatherers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• realists
• pragmatists
• pessimists
• cynics
• defeatists
• empiricists
• hardnoses
• empirics

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of utopians

The utopians invent paradise and the dystopians invent hell. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026

The playwright understood something about the economic reasoning of such an innovation, however, for if the futurists and techno-utopians once imagined that machines would do all of our dreary work to free us to be artists, writers, and musicians, the opposite is now the case. — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026

Techno-utopians point out that, historically, advancements have led to the explosion of huge new business sectors and jobs. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025

But the American leaders who midwifed the UN as World War II was still raging were somber realists, not utopians. — Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025

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