If you refer to an imaginary situation as a utopia, you mean that it is one in which society is perfect and everyone is happy, but which you feel is not possible.
We weren't out to design a contemporary utopia.
...the writer in search of utopia.
...the social utopias of revolutionary peasants.
Synonyms: paradise, heaven [informal], Eden, bliss More Synonyms of Utopia
Utopia in British English
(juːˈtəʊpɪə)
noun
(sometimes not capital)
any real or imaginary society, place, state, etc, considered to be perfect or ideal
Word origin
C16: from New Latin Utopia (coined by Sir Thomas More in 1516 as the title of his book that described an imaginaryisland representing the perfect society), literally: no place, from Greek ou not + topos a place
Utopia in American English
(juˈtoʊpiə)
noun
1.
an imaginary island described in a book of the same name by Sir Thomas More (1516) as having a perfect political and social system
2. [oftenu-]
a.
any idealized place, state, or situation of perfection
b.
any visionary scheme or system for an ideally perfect society
c.
a novel or other work depicting a utopian society or place
Word origin
ModL < Gr ou, not + topos, a place: see topic
Examples of 'Utopia' in a sentence
Utopia
Until then, wishes for educational utopia will remain just that.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In other languages
utopia
British English: utopia NOUN
If you refer to an imaginary situation as a utopia, you mean that it is one in which society is perfect and everyone is happy.
We weren't out to design a contemporary utopia.
American English: utopia
Brazilian Portuguese: utopia
Chinese: 理想社会
European Spanish: utopía
French: utopie
German: Utopia
Italian: utopia
Japanese: 理想郷
Korean: 유토피아
European Portuguese: utopia
Latin American Spanish: utopía
(noun)
Definition
any real or imaginary society, place, or state considered to be perfect or ideal
We weren't out to design a contemporary utopia.
Synonyms
paradise
This job is paradise compared to my last one.
heaven (informal)
My idea of heaven is hiking with friends on a sunny day.
Eden
bliss
It was a scene of such domestic bliss.
perfect place
Garden of Eden
Shangri-la
Happy Valley
seventh heaven
ideal life
Erewhon
Additional synonyms
in the sense of bliss
Definition
perfect happiness
It was a scene of such domestic bliss.
Synonyms
joy,
ecstasy,
euphoria,
rapture,
nirvana,
felicity,
gladness,
blissfulness,
delight,
pleasure,
heaven (informal),
satisfaction,
happiness,
paradise
in the sense of heaven
Definition
a place or state of happiness
My idea of heaven is hiking with friends on a sunny day.