kingdom come

kingdom come

noun

Definition of KINGDOM COME

: the next world : heaven

Examples of KINGDOM COME

1. <be careful with that thing, or you'll send us all to kingdom come>

Origin of KINGDOM COME

from the phrase “Thy kingdom come” (Matthew 6:10)

First Known Use: 1785

Related to KINGDOM COME

Synonyms: above, bliss, elysian fields, Elysium, empyrean, heaven, New Jerusalem, paradise, sky, Zion (also Sion)

Antonyms: Gehenna, hell, Pandemonium, perdition

Related Words: Beulah, glory, happy hunting ground, nirvana, promised land, Valhalla; afterlife, afterworld, hereafter, otherworld

Near Antonyms: inferno; limbo, purgatory; hades, netherworld, underworld; abyss, pit

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Rhymes with KINGDOM COME

apart from, aside from, beat the drum, bubblegum, chewing gum, kettledrum, on the bum, out of plumb, overcome, sugarplum, zero-sum