utopian
/juːˈtəʊ.pi.ən/US/juˈtoʊ.pi.ən/
utopian adjective: of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia.
Adjective (1)
utopian (comparative more utopian, superlative most utopian)
- Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia.
- utopian happiness
- The world we lived in was wide, and most of it was open to us with little trouble. Roads, railways, and shipping lines laced it, ready to carry one thousands of miles safely and in comfort. If we wanted to travel more swiftly still, and could afford it, we traveled by airplane. There was no need...1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 27
- Ideal but often impractical; visionary.
- a utopian project
- The Great Society was never, in my mind, just a visionary utopian ideal. I considered it a realistic outline of what this nation could achieve in a limited period of time if we marshaled our will and committed our resources.1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 104
Noun (1)
utopian (plural utopians)
- Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia.
- One of our brighter young Utopians, Aldous Huxley, predicts that the movies of the future will include “feelies” and “smellies.”1941, Arthur Kissam Train, The Story of Everyday Things, Harper & Brothers, page 390
- Digital utopians have heralded the dawn of an era in which Web 2.0 […] ushers in the democratization of the world: more information, more perspectives, more opinions, more everything, and most of it without filters or fees.2007 June 29, Michiko Kakutani, “The Cult of the Amateur”, in New York Times
Adjective (2) capitalized: Utopian
Utopian (comparative more Utopian, superlative most Utopian)
- Alternative letter-case form of utopian.
- [I]f it sounds Utopian to say that Christianity can save the world—remember, it is Utopia or hell!1932 July 18, William H[enry] Dunphy, quotee, “Anti-Christian War Is Traced to Russia […
Noun (2) capitalized: Utopian
Utopian (plural Utopians)
- Alternative letter-case form of utopian.
- At the end of the first cantos, fresh from the description of the female college, with its professoresses, and hostleresses, and other Utopian monsters, […]1850 September, Charles Kingsley, “Tennyson”, in Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time, with Other Papers, author’s edition, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1859, →OCLC, page 187
- A person from Utopia, a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system from Thomas More’s 1516 book of the same name.
- As unusual as these official games may appear, they constitute an integral part in teaching the machiavellian tactics which the Utopians proudly use in their foreign wars.1998, Gerard B. Wegemer, Thomas More on Statesmanship
Proper noun capitalized: Utopian
Utopian (uncountable)
- A constructed language created by Thomas More and Peter Giles for the fictional island Utopia, from Thomas More’s 1516 book of the same name.
utopian meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
utopian in Hindi
- यूटोपियन
utopian in Tamil
- உட்டோபியன்
utopian in Marathi
- यूटोपियन
utopian in Urdu
- یوٹوپین, یوٹوپیئن
More languagesFewer languages
- utopian in Bengali
- ইউটোপিয়ান, উটোপিয়ান
- utopian in Malayalam
- ഉട്ടോപിയൻ, യൂട്ടോപിയൻ, യൂട്ടോപ്പിയൻ
- utopian in Punjabi
- ਯੂਟੋਪੀਅਨ, ਯੂਟੋਪਿਅਨ
- utopian in Gujarati
- યુટોપિયન
- utopian in Odia
- ଉଟୋପିଆନ୍, ଯ଼ୁଟୋପିଆନ୍, ଉଟୋପିଆନ
- utopian in Nepali
- युटोपियन, यूटोपियन
- utopian in Arabic
- طُوبَاوِيّ ṭūbawiyy
Examples of utopian in a sentence
- The most ruthless leaders in history were often ideological ones with utopian visions.
- The utopian socialists promised the peasants a Garden of Eden.
- Some versions of utopian communism envisioned true moneylessness; others envisioned money and prices but under centrally planned control.
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Forms of utopian
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more utopian |
| superlative | most utopian |
| alternative form | Utopian |
| comparative | more Utopian |
| superlative | most Utopian |
| Noun | |
| plural | utopians |
| plural | Utopians |
Origin of utopian
From utopia + -an.
From Utopia + -an.
Words formed from utopian
Phrases with utopian
Words that rhyme with utopian
Questions about utopian
- What does utopian mean?
- Utopian means of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia.
- What is utopian in Hindi?
- Utopian in Hindi is यूटोपियन. See Utopian meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is utopian?
- Utopian can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce utopian?
- Utopian is pronounced /juːˈtəʊ.pi.ən/ (UK).
Words near utopian in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: utopian (page history and authors); Utopian (page history and authors); utopian (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); utopian (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); utopian (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); utopian (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); utopian (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); utopian (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); utopian (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); utopian (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); utopian (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); utopian (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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