lotusland

lo·tus·land

noun \-ˌland\

Definition of LOTUSLAND

1

: a place inducing contentment especially through offering an idyllic living situation

2

: a state or an ideal marked by contentment often achieved through self-indulgence

Examples of LOTUSLAND

1. <the tropical resort's advertising depicts it as a lotusland of luxury and indolence>

Origin of LOTUSLAND

from the Homeric land of lotus-eaters

First Known Use: 1842

Related to LOTUSLAND

Synonyms: Camelot, Cockaigne, Eden, Elysium, empyrean, fantasyland, heaven, paradise, never-never land, New Jerusalem, nirvana, promised land, Shangri-la, utopia, Zion (also Sion)

Antonyms: anti-utopia, dystopia, hell

Related Words: arcadia; dreamland, dreamworld, fairyland, wonderland; blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, euphoria, gladness, joy

Near Antonyms: fool's paradise

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Rhymes with LOTUSLAND

ampersand, baby grand, bear a hand, beforehand, behindhand, bellyband, belly-land, borderland, bottomland, cap in hand, concert grand, confirmand, contraband, countermand, Damavand, Dixieland, ductless gland, eldest hand, fairyland, fatherland, force one's hand, forestland, four-in-hand, garage band, gastric gland, Gelderland, graduand, hand in hand, hand-to-hand, hand to hand, helping hand, high command, hinterland, Holy Land, Krugerrand, meadowland, minute hand, motherland, Nagaland, narrowband, no-man's-land, on demand, one-man band, one-night stand, operand, ordinand, out of hand, overhand, overland, parlor grand, pastureland, promised land, prostate gland, public land, radicand, reprimand, Rio Grande, rubber band, running hand, saraband, secondhand, Swaziland, tableland, taxi stand, timberland, Togoland, try one's hand, underhand, undermanned, understand, wonderland, Zululand