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Zion

noun
variants: also Sion

Synonyms and Antonyms of Zion

1 a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death

  • found the path to Zion by doing penance for the wayward ways of her youth
Synonyms of Zion

above, bliss, elysian fields, Elysium, empyrean, heaven, kingdom come, New Jerusalem, paradise, sky
Words Related to Zion

Beulah, glory, happy hunting ground, nirvana, promised land, Valhalla

afterlife, afterworld, hereafter, otherworld
Phrases Synonymous with Zion

on high
Near Antonyms of Zion

inferno

limbo, purgatory

hades, netherworld, underworld

abyss, pit
Antonyms of Zion

Gehenna, hell, Pandemonium, perdition

2 an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness

  • Robert Owen's New Harmony, Indiana, was but one of many attempts to establish an American Zion
Synonyms of Zion

Camelot, Cockaigne, Eden, Elysium, empyrean, fantasyland, heaven, lotusland, never-never land, New Jerusalem, nirvana, paradise, promised land, Shangri-la, utopia
Words Related to Zion

arcadia

dreamland, dreamworld, fairyland, wonderland

blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, euphoria, gladness, joy
Phrases Synonymous with Zion

Garden of Eden
Near Antonyms of Zion

fool's paradise
Antonyms of Zion

anti-utopia, dystopia, hell

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