dystopian

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopia
2. 2.

   as bad as can be; characterized by human misery

   “AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global villages”

   Antonymsutopian

Questions about dystopian

What does dystopian mean?

dystopian means "of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopia". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dystopian?

dystopian has 4 syllables and divides as dy-sto-pi-an under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of dystopian?

The recorded antonyms are utopian.

Is dystopian a common word?