different between utopian vs dreamer

English

Etymology

utopia +? -an

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ju?to?pi.?n/

Adjective

utopian (comparative more utopian, superlative most utopian)

1. Ideal but often impractical; visionary.

   a utopian project

   Synonym: utopic

   Antonym: dystopian

2. Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia.

   utopian happiness

Synonyms

• unrealistic

Antonyms

• imperfect, pragmatic, realistic

Derived terms

Related terms

• utopic

Translations

Noun

utopian (plural utopians)

1. Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia.

Translations

Anagrams

• opuntia

Finnish

Noun

utopian

1. Genitive singular form of utopia.

Anagrams

• opuntia

English

Etymology

From Middle English dremer, dremere, dremare, equivalent to dream +? -er. Cognate with West Frisian dreamer (“dreamer”), Saterland Frisian Dröömer (“dreamer”), Dutch dromer (“dreamer”), German Träumer (“dreamer”), Danish drømmer (“dreamer”), Swedish drömmare (“dreamer”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?im?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?i?m?/
• Rhymes: -i?m?(?)

Noun

dreamer (plural dreamers)

1. One who dreams.
2. Someone whose beliefs are far from realistic.
   • 1971, John Lennon, Imagine

     You may say I'm a dreamer/ But I'm not the only one/ I hope someday you'll join us/ And the world will live as one.

3. Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.
4. swallow-wing puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)

Related terms

• daydreamer

Translations

Further reading

• dreamer at OneLook Dictionary Search
• dreamer in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• rearmed, redream