dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/uto_MWT.json
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{
"utopian":{
"having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality":{
"examples":[
"a plan to revitalize the city's decaying downtown that proved to be overly ambitious and utopian"
],
"synonyms":[
"idealist",
"idealistic",
"quixotic",
"quixotical",
"romantic",
"starry",
"starry-eyed",
"visionary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"crusading",
"messianic",
"zealous",
"dewy-eyed",
"moonstruck",
"moony",
"sentimental",
"tender-minded",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"Pollyannaish",
"Pollyannish",
"rosy",
"upbeat",
"doctrinaire",
"ideological",
"ideologic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hardheaded",
"hard-nosed",
"tough-minded",
"unsentimental",
"practical",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"realistic"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted"
]
},
"one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world":{
"examples":[
"in the 19th century utopians founded a number of short-lived socialist communities"
],
"synonyms":[
"Don Quixote",
"dreamer",
"fantast",
"idealist",
"idealizer",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"romantic",
"romanticist",
"visionary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emotionalist",
"sentimentalist",
"daydreamer",
"fantasizer",
"woolgatherer",
"Micawber",
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"do-gooder",
"reformer",
"perfectionist",
"doctrinaire",
"theorist",
"thinker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynic",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"empiric",
"empiricist"
],
"antonyms":[
"hardnose",
"pragmatist",
"realist"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"utopians":{
"one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world":{
"examples":[
"in the 19th century utopians founded a number of short-lived socialist communities"
],
"synonyms":[
"Don Quixotes",
"dreamers",
"fantasts",
"idealists",
"idealizers",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"romanticists",
"romantics",
"visionaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emotionalists",
"sentimentalists",
"daydreamers",
"fantasizers",
"woolgatherers",
"Micawbers",
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"do-gooders",
"reformers",
"perfectionists",
"doctrinaires",
"theorists",
"thinkers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynics",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"empiricists",
"empirics"
],
"antonyms":[
"hardnoses",
"pragmatists",
"realists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"utopias":{
"an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness":{
"examples":[
"dreamed of one day retiring to a tropical utopia"
],
"synonyms":[
"Camelots",
"Cockaignes",
"Edens",
"Elysiums",
"Elysia",
"empyreans",
"fantasylands",
"heavens",
"lotuslands",
"never-never lands",
"New Jerusalems",
"nirvanas",
"paradises",
"promised lands",
"Shangri-las",
"Zions",
"Sions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arcadias",
"dreamlands",
"dreamworlds",
"fairylands",
"wonderlands",
"blisses",
"euphorias",
"joys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fool's paradises"
],
"antonyms":[
"anti-utopias",
"dystopias",
"hells"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"utopia":{
"an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness":{
"examples":[
"dreamed of one day retiring to a tropical utopia"
],
"synonyms":[
"Camelot",
"Cockaigne",
"Eden",
"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"fantasyland",
"heaven",
"lotusland",
"never-never land",
"New Jerusalem",
"nirvana",
"paradise",
"promised land",
"Shangri-la",
"Zion",
"Sion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arcadia",
"dreamland",
"dreamworld",
"fairyland",
"wonderland",
"blessedness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"euphoria",
"gladness",
"joy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fool's paradise"
],
"antonyms":[
"anti-utopia",
"dystopia",
"hell"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}