New Jerusalem

New Jerusalem

noun

Definition of NEW JERUSALEM

1

a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death <prayed that the those recently departed will spend eternal life in New Jerusalem>

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

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

Antonyms Gehenna, hell, Pandemonium, perdition

2

an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness <an idealistic senator who thought that he could singlehandedly turn Washington into the New Jerusalem>

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

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

Near Antonyms fool's paradise

Antonyms anti-utopia, dystopia, hell