Synonyms of paradise

paradise

noun

ˈper-ə-ˌdīs 

1

as in utopia

an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness

an idealist who trotted the globe looking for paradise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• utopia
• heaven
• nirvana
• Eden
• wonderland
• Zion
• Garden of Eden
• fantasyland
• promised land
• Cockaigne
• bliss
• Camelot
• Elysium
• empyrean
• joy
• Shangri-la
• New Jerusalem
• blissfulness
• lotusland
• never-never land
• arcadia
• dreamland
• fairyland
• dreamworld
• euphoria
• blessedness
• gladness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hell
• dystopia
• anti-utopia
• fool's paradise

2

as in bliss

a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death

a firm belief that good people will be rewarded in paradise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bliss
• heaven
• sky
• Zion
• nirvana
• glory
• on high
• kingdom come
• Elysium
• empyrean
• New Jerusalem
• above
• elysian fields
• Valhalla
• promised land
• Beulah
• happy hunting ground
• afterlife
• afterworld
• hereafter
• otherworld

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hell
• perdition
• inferno
• Gehenna
• limbo
• purgatory
• underworld
• Pandemonium
• pit
• abyss
• netherworld
• hades

3

as in heaven

a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion

that early stage of a romance when lovers are in paradise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• heaven
• ecstasy
• joy
• happiness
• delight
• rapture
• high
• pleasure
• trance
• transport
• euphoria
• rhapsody
• frenzy
• bliss
• elation
• intoxication
• exhilaration
• seventh heaven
• joyfulness
• swoon
• cloud nine
• blissfulness
• elatedness
• glee
• exaltation
• madness
• cheerfulness
• reverie
• blessedness
• enchantment
• joyousness
• felicity
• gladness
• inspiration
• cheer
• fervor
• exuberance
• jubilation
• passion
• gaiety
• jubilance
• gleefulness
• lightheartedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• depression
• misery
• woe
• sadness
• unhappiness
• wretchedness
• despair
• blues
• gloom
• melancholy
• desolation
• dreariness
• dumps
• dejection
• doldrums
• despondency
• gloominess
• heartsickness
• forlornness
• disconsolateness
• dispiritedness
• disheartenment
• downheartedness
• mopes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of paradise

The Anderson Ranch Arts Center, a five-acre complex of studios and artist housing in Snowmass, Colorado, that offers workshops and residencies, is often called a maker’s paradise. — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

South of Valencia along the Costa Blanca is Alicante, a walkable port city and an outdoor lover’s paradise with parks, gardens, and historic plazas unfold beneath the watchful eye of a 9th-century castle. — Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

There was always going to be somebody next door, building toward their own paradise. — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026

Their escapade leads not only to the creation of their island paradise, Moonrise Kingdom, but a humorous wild goose chase between Suzy’s parents, Sam’s Scout troop, and the island police chief. — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 29 Aug. 2026

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