'Utopian' definitions:
Definition of 'utopian'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia; "a Utopian novel" [syn: utopian, Utopian]
adjective
Characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection; "the dim utopian future"; "utopian idealists"; "recognized the utopian nature of his hopes" [ant: dystopian]
noun
An idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer; "a Utopian believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man"
Definition of 'Utopian'
From: GCIDE
- Utopian \U*to"pi*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Utopian'
From: GCIDE
- Utopian \U*to"pi*an\, n. An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'utopian'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Arcadian,
- aspirant,
- aspirer,
- bright,
- celestial,
- cheerful,
- chiliast,
- chiliastic,
- corrective,
- couleur de rose,
- daydreamer,
- Don Quixote,
- dreamer,
- dreamer of dreams,
- Edenic,
- emendatory,
- enthusiast,
- escapist,
- extremist,
- Fabian,
- gradualistic,
- heavenly,
- hopeful,
- hoper,
- ideal,
- idealist,
- idealized,
- irrepressible optimist,
- Leibnizian,
- Leibnizian optimist,
- lotus-eater,
- meliorist,
- melioristic,
- millenarian,
- millennial,
- millennialist,
- millennialistic,
- millennian,
- optimist,
- optimistic,
- paradisal,
- perfectibilist,
- perfectibilitarian,
- perfectionist,
- philosophical optimist,
- Pollyanna,
- progressionist,
- progressist,
- progressive,
- progressivist,
- prophet,
- Quixote,
- radical,
- ray of sunshine,
- reformational,
- reformative,
- reformatory,
- reformer,
- reformist,
- reformistic,
- revisional,
- revisionist,
- revisory,
- revolutionary,
- rhapsodist,
- romancer,
- romantic,
- romanticist,
- rose-colored,
- roseate,
- rosy,
- seer,
- sunny,
- upbeat,
- utmost,
- utopianist,
- utopianizer,
- utopist,
- visionary,
- wishful thinker