different between utopian vs utopical

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju.t?p.?.k?l/
• Rhymes: -?p?k?l

Adjective

utopical (comparative more utopical, superlative most utopical)

1. (obsolete) Utopian; ideal.
   • c. 1640, Joseph Hall, quoted in 1837, Works: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings:

     But let no idle Donatist of Amsterdam dream hence of an Utopical perfection.

   • 1740, Ebenezer Turell, Sermon, preached at Cambridge, September 12, 1739; page 7

     Let Quakers and others idly dream of such utopical Perfection, and not us.

References

• utopical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• apulotic, autoclip, capitoul