Entry Word: paradise

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a place or state of great happiness <Susanʼs idea of paradise was a world where no one had to go to work>

Synonyms Eden, Elysium, heaven, utopia

Related Words dreamland, fairyland, promised land, wonderland; bliss, euphoria, gladness, joy

Antonyms hell

2 a dwelling place of perfect bliss for the soul after death <a firm belief that good people will be rewarded in paradise> — see heaven 1
3 a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion <that early stage of a romance when lovers are in paradise> — see ecstasy