Camelot

noun

Cam·​e·​lot ˈka-mə-ˌlät 

1

: the site of King Arthur's palace and court

2

: a time, place, or atmosphere of idyllic happiness

Synonyms

• Cockaigne
• Eden
• Elysium
• empyrean
• fantasyland
• heaven
• lotusland
• never-never land
• New Jerusalem
• nirvana
• paradise
• promised land
• Shangri-la
• utopia
• Zion
• Sion

Examples of Camelot in a Sentence

that year spent in Spain studying art was their personal Camelot

Recent Examples on the Web

Right across Farmington Avenue, Honeycomb Real Estate Partners and the Vesta Corp. are remodeling the former West Hartford Inn into The Camelot affordable housing, and have completed a five-story addition. —Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025

Amid conflicting accounts on whether the takeover created Camelot or chaos, Ms. Bowles wanted to report on merchants suing the city for withdrawing police and fire protection from the neighborhood. —Roy Rivenburg, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2025

By anointing himself chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Napoleon-style, Donald Trump revealed a longing to seize one of America’s most romantic and abiding myths: Camelot. —Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025

Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy and their family is about to screen in the place fondly remembered as Camelot. —Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Camelot

• aeronaut
• aforethought
• afterthought
• apricot
• argonaut
• astronaut
• coffeepot
• concordat
• cosmonaut
• entrepot
• flowerpot
• huguenot