WONDERLANDS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

wonderlands

noun

plural of wonderland

as in paradises

a place that is filled with things that are beautiful, impressive, or surprising The garden was a floral wonderland.

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Recent Examples of wonderlands The crew will rely on lessons learned from training in the geologic wonderlands and lunar-like environments of places such as Iceland to note details about the shapes, textures and colors of impact craters and ancient lava flows on the moon. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026 The project imagines a Joseon princess whose songs conjure spontaneous wonderlands, before a moonlit portal transports her to a mysterious palace of history’s greatest artists. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026 Winter wonderlands are meant to be walked through, not driven. — Luke Parker, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026 With the approach of the holiday season, many European cities transform into fairy-tale winter wonderlands—sometimes with a dusting of snow. — Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 27 Oct. 2025 The East Coast is home to numerous idyllic winter wonderlands, but none quite as idyllic as Vermont. — Abigail Wise, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Oct. 2024

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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

Definition of paradises

Noun

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, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026

Definition of utopias

Noun

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
The queen of pop swapped her Confessions II-era shiny golden doll-like curls for a high-to-the-heavens mullet.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 22 June 2026

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