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, heaven, paradise, sky, Zion (also Sion)Related Words Beulah, glory, happy hunting ground, nirvana, promised land, Valhalla; afterlife, afterworld, hereafter, otherworldNear Antonyms inferno; limbo, purgatory; hades, netherworld, underworld; abyss, pitAntonyms 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, paradise, nirvana, promised land, Shangri-la, utopia, Zion (also Sion)Related Words arcadia; dreamland, dreamworld, fairyland, wonderland; blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, euphoria, gladness, joyNear Antonyms fool's paradiseAntonyms anti-utopia, dystopia, hell