UTOPIANS Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

utopians

noun

plural of utopian

as in dreamers

one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world in the 19th century utopians founded a number of short-lived socialist communities

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Recent Examples of utopians The utopians invent paradise and the dystopians invent hell. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026 Techno-utopians point out that, historically, advancements have led to the explosion of huge new business sectors and jobs. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025 If not, these elements of Musk’s project are likely to remain more theoretical, just as the dreams of last century’s techno-utopians did. — Sonja Fritzsche, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025 But the American leaders who midwifed the UN as World War II was still raging were somber realists, not utopians. — Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025 The playwright understood something about the economic reasoning of such an innovation, however, for if the futurists and techno-utopians once imagined that machines would do all of our dreary work to free us to be artists, writers, and musicians, the opposite is now the case. — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026

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But even as Moon landings, space shuttles, and reusable rockets seized the headlines, Link, along with a stubborn handful of engineers, explorers, and flat-out dreamers, kept plumbing the ocean instead.

— Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
For generations, Chicago has thrived because dreamers could make it here with little to their name and make something of themselves, and the bus is a prime way to do so.

— Lena Guerrero Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

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