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heaven

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of heaven

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

  • prayed that the souls of the deceased would go to heaven
Synonyms of heaven

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

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

afterlife, afterworld, hereafter, otherworld
Phrases Synonymous with heaven

on high
Near Antonyms of heaven

inferno

limbo, purgatory

hades, netherworld, underworld

abyss, pit
Antonyms of heaven

Gehenna, hell, Pandemonium, perdition

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

  • compared to my old job, this new one is heaven
Synonyms of heaven

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

arcadia

dreamland, dreamworld, fairyland, wonderland

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

Garden of Eden
Near Antonyms of heaven

fool's paradise
Antonyms of heaven

anti-utopia, dystopia, hell

3 a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion

  • she was in heaven the day she learned she was one of the finalists for the science scholarship
Synonyms of heaven

cloud nine, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, high, intoxication, paradise, rapture, rhapsody, seventh heaven, swoon, transport
Words Related to heaven

exaltation

blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, delight, enchantment, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, pleasure

reverie, trance

inspiration

fervor, frenzy, madness, passion

cheer, cheerfulness, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, jubilance, jubilation, lightheartedness
Near Antonyms of heaven

misery, sadness, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness

blues, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, heartsickness, melancholy, mopes
Antonyms of heaven

depression

4 usually heavens plural the expanse of air surrounding the earth

  • the starry heavens
  • the space shuttle gradually disappeared into the heavens
Synonyms of heaven

blue, firmament, high, sky, welkin
Words Related to heaven

midair

horizon, skyline

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