different between utopian vs grandiose

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 French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Doublet of grandioso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æn.di???s/, /???æn.di.??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Adjective

grandiose (comparative more grandiose, superlative most grandiose)

1. Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent.
2. Pompous or pretentious.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• grandiose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• grandiose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• grandiose at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• angroside, diagnoser, dragonise, organdies, organised

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian grandioso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????.djoz/
• Homophone: grandioses
• Rhymes: -oz

Adjective

grandiose (plural grandioses)

1. grandiose

Related terms

• grand

Further reading

• “grandiose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Adjective

grandiose

1. inflection of grandios:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

grandiose f pl

1. feminine plural of grandioso

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

grandiose

1. definite singular/plural of grandios

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

grandiose

1. definite singular/plural of grandios