arcadia

noun

Definition of arcadianext
as in utopia

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Recent Examples of arcadia Splendor is a bohemian arcadia nestled among desert, removed from the mainstream in an act of defiance that requires little explanation. — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 July 2024 Although the property already boasted mature trees and patches of existing mosses, lichens, and ferns, the artist’s path to arcadia was hardly straightforward. — Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 13 Nov. 2025 In addition to creating a lively avian arcadia, the exhibition seeks to bring awareness to the various threats birds face and to comment on the fragility of the natural world. — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 17 June 2022 My approach to journalism, to life, in this dirtbag arcadia, is that of an amateur anthropologist, and not the stuffy old kind who held themselves at a reserve, keeping clean while taking notes. — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 24 Jan. 2023 What started as a public safety initiative has become a radical oddity, a small arcadia governed by militant environmentalism in the heart of avocado country. — Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023 Unlike most dreams, Goodhue’s vision of a Spanish arcadia — in keeping with romantic visions of California as depicted in early-20th century fiction, tourism and Sunkist orange crate labels — did not fade away. — Dirk Sutro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arcadia
  1. utopia
  2. fantasyland
  3. empyrean
  4. promised land
  5. paradise
  6. nirvana
  7. Cockaigne
Noun
  • The post sparked much debate about whether a pause was possible given the financial incentives, whether RSI would finally produce some version of the AGI singularity or utopia, and whether RSI was even possible at all.
    — Arianna Huffington, Time, 29 June 2026
  • Winner of the Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Choice Award 2025, the Centara Grand Lagoon Resort is nothing short of a tropical utopia.
    — Deeya Sonalkar, TheWeek, 18 June 2026
Definition of utopia
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  • Only in a fantasyland could the Knicks have made it so far.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • Where Barbie was forced to reconsider Barbieland’s values after paying a visit to the real world, Adam is forced to uphold the real world’s values after being zapped back to a fantasyland whose greatest warriors have been utterly demoralized by their insufficient physical force.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 June 2026
Definition of fantasyland
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  • Photograph courtesy Netflix At the very top level of the pop-music empyrean, where the K-pop group BTS surely resides, an album release is never just an album release.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Betts is part of the Sox Sensation club with Fred Lynn and Nomar Garciaparra, all wildly popular and productive players who turned out to be supernovas streaking across the Boston baseball empyrean instead of franchise polestars.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022
Definition of empyrean
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  • In 1851, the signing of the Treaty at Forks of Cosumnes River promised land along the Cosumnes River where local tribes could live.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2026
  • In fact, at one time any man who signed up for the Continental Army was promised land that rightfully belonged to Native Americans.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2025
Definition of promised land
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  • And while Coors Field isn’t exactly a pitcher’s paradise, the two-time All-Star would not use the altitude as an excuse for his poor outing.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
  • During mosquito season, Mosquito Joe will spray your yard every three weeks to make your backyard paradise for summer BBQs, pool days and bonfires.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of paradise
Noun
  • Dreaming of a harvestable nirvana in a matchbox yard?
    — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
  • In the film, after switching bodies for a day, Tess and Anna reach a nirvana of empathy and understanding.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
Definition of nirvana
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  • The Cockaigne Resort in upstate New York closed in February, after getting just 35 to 37 inches of snow this past winter, according to its website.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 9 May 2023
Definition of Cockaigne

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