utopia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a book written by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island
  2. noun ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects
  3. noun a work of fiction describing a utopia
  4. noun an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
    Zion; Sion.

WordNet

U*to"pi*a noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. not + a place.
Definitions
  1. An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. See Utopia, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
  2. Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.

Webster 1913