Definitions

utopia

[yoo-toh-pee-uh] / yuˈtoʊ pi ə /

NOUN

ideal place and life

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bliss paradise

STRONG

Arcadia Eden Erewhon Shangri-la dreamland dreamworld fairyland heaven perfection wonderland

WEAK

Elysian Fields Garden of Eden Promised Land Zion fantasy land of milk and honey never-never land nirvana pie in the sky seventh heaven

Antonyms

STRONGEST

antiutopia cacotopia dystopia

WEAK

apocalypse hell hellscape nightmare wasteland

Example Sentences

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There are good reasons why picking the leader of a nuclear-armed superpower should take longer than 33 days, and I’m not here to promise you that Malta is some sort of democratic utopia.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

In a utopia where technology has solved every practical problem, what’s left would be worth doing?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

"The bottom line is, it's kind of like utopia," says 62-year-old Terri Emery, speaking against the backdrop of live music blaring from one of the Villages' five squares.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

If we do follow a Star Trek-ian course, our story will end with utopia.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

A political utopia would develop as a consequence of genetic utopia.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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