paradises

noun

plural of paradise
1
as in utopias
an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness an idealist who trotted the globe looking for paradise

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2
as in blisses
a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death a firm belief that good people will be rewarded in paradise

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3
as in ecstasies
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion that early stage of a romance when lovers are in paradise

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Recent Examples of paradises An episode of septicemia, with its hells and paradises, its nightmares and hallucinations, transforms Borges into a story writer. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026 Second only to Alaska in its length of total coastline (with, hands down, way better weather), the Sunshine State boasts everything from family-centric, sugar-white-sand paradises to island escapes where happy hour is, well, every hour. — Marisa Spyker, Southern Living, 19 June 2026 Here, four bibliophile paradises that invite travelers to get lost in the chapters and sit in the joy of a life well read. — Lara Kramer, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2026 From Miami Beach to Melbourne Beach, from Marco Island to Captiva, barrier islands are Florida’s postcard paradises. — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025 Freyne does a lot with a modest budget, finding smart ways to show us fantastical things — memories playing out as if dioramas at the Natural History Museum, a vast expo hall filled with stalls advertising various paradises — on an economical scale. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paradises
  1. utopias
  2. heavens
  3. ecstasies
  4. skies
  5. joys
  6. pleasures
  7. rhapsodies
  8. delights
Noun
  • Building on Forum for the Future’s previous Fashion Futures 2030 project, the scenarios depict neither utopias nor dystopias but instead present possible futures neutrally, allowing readers to make their own judgments.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Tejedor is a Swiss filmmaker and journalist whose work explores utopias and the relationship between individuals and authority across the former Soviet Union and its satellite states.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of utopias
Noun
  • The painting is commanded by an umbrella pine, which arches high into the butter-yellow heavens, on the right, leaning over the heart of the composition.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026
  • This world’s heavens are lit with cosmic rays, its cityscapes otherworldly — everything seems to service an unabashed romanticism.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of heavens
Noun
  • But by the New York Times bestselling author and pop culture essayist’s own admission, no topic has loomed larger or longer in his mind than the ironies, ecstasies and singularity of American football.
    — Zack Ruskin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of ecstasies
Noun
  • Under variably cloudy skies, temperatures across the region will drop into the low and mid-30s by Saturday morning.
    — Grant Gilmore, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The eclipse circumstances are almost identical to nearby Timgad, with more than five minutes of totality and historically excellent prospects for clear skies.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 12 Nov. 2026
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  • This heartachingly lived-in quality runs throughout Unfindable Ring—an eclectic testament to the trials and joys of life as a career outsider.
    — Cameron Cook, Pitchfork, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Not every character comes fully into focus, but among the most quietly vivid is a guy named Devon (the actor and comedian Nigil Whyte), who can applaud Peter’s embrace of fatherhood one moment and wax poetic about the joys of fisting the next.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of joys
Noun
  • Some pleasures are worth buying without needing to solve everything.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Advertisement And remember that being considerate doesn’t require giving up ordinary pleasures in your own home.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of pleasures
Noun
  • For the past 15 years, Ishmael Butler and his cast of collaborators have drifted further and further into the outer reaches, deconstructing and reassembling hip-hop, jazz, and kosmische conventions into sprawling, proggy rhapsodies.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The rhapsodies about Willow, paired with the silence surrounding the difficult dogs, contribute to a sense of make-believe and avoidance that pervade Biden’s memoir.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 9 June 2026
Definition of rhapsodies
Noun
  • The breakfast spread was its own muralismo, a pageantry of delights—the green juice es exquisito.
    — Reif Larsen, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2026
  • For a chef in Chicago, translating this world of Basque dining, with all its delights and idiosyncrasies, proves tricky.
    — John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
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