UTOPIAS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

utopias

noun

plural of utopia

as in paradises

an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness dreamed of one day retiring to a tropical utopia

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Recent Examples of utopias In the early days, utopias were generally located on our own planet, in places as yet undiscovered, or which were so far away that anything was possible. — Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026 Like so many Californian utopias to follow, the missions had become a tragedy. — Literary Hub, 29 July 2026 Abandoned by its parties and leaders, and eventually by its own utopias. — Marta Balaga, Variety, 14 July 2026 And like all little utopias it is imposed upon by a more complicated and painful reality. — Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026 Evolution of Cyberculture Studies The first cyberculture studies were divided into dystopias and utopias and were anchored to science fiction. — Paulo Nuno Vicenteall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026 Moursi traces the notion of islands as utopias to Plato’s description of Atlantis, written around 360 BCE. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 14 Apr. 2026 The fleeting economic miracle in Venezuela, once the preferred destination for those departing La Palma, excited the imaginations of those who had seen or lived in the concrete modernist utopias of the tropics. — Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026 And while the utopias themselves flamed out, their ideas have influenced the generations after them, turning the town into a haven for art, architecture and culture. — Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 30 Dec. 2025

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An episode of septicemia, with its hells and paradises, its nightmares and hallucinations, transforms Borges into a story writer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Second only to Alaska in its length of total coastline (with, hands down, way better weather), the Sunshine State boasts everything from family-centric, sugar-white-sand paradises to island escapes where happy hour is, well, every hour.

— Marisa Spyker, Southern Living, 19 June 2026

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And thanks to Tucson’s extraordinarily dark heavens, the Sonoran skyscape takes center stage with Peace Among the Stars.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026
Its purpose is to take deep panoramic images of the sky, over and over again, every clear night across the next 10 years, making what amounts to a decade-spanning ultrahigh-definition timelapse movie of the entire heavens.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 July 2026

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