Synonyms for heaven

Most common

rapture · bliss · happiness · ecstasy · paradise · nirvana · firmament

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Antonyms

horror, perdition, earth

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   The afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust (compare hell); specifically: Paradise, the afterlife of the souls who are not sent to a place of punishment or purification such as hell, purgatory, or limbo; the state or condition of being in the presence of God after death.

2. n. 2

   Any paradise; any blissful place or experience.

   Such a shop as that...would be quite a heaven upon earth to me.

3. n. 3

   The sky, specifically: The distant sky in which the sun, moon, and stars appear or move; the firmament; the celestial spheres.

   All that is vnder the heauen.

Related words

Word family

heavenly heavens heaven-sent heavenward heavenwards

Phrases

tree of heaven manna from heaven seventh heaven for heaven's sake heaven forbid heaven forfend lemon heaven nigger heaven

Forms

Plural

heavens → raptures, blisses, happinesses, ecstasies…

Example sentences

• happiness To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness.
• bliss Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.
• ecstasy Sami fell into a state of ecstasy during the dhikr.
• rapture Tom believes that the rapture is going to happen any day now.
• paradise Algeria will no longer be a bureaucrat's paradise.
• nirvana I don't think you understand what nirvana really means.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

god¹, sky¹

4 letters

lord¹, eden²

5 letters

dream¹, glory², bliss¹

6 letters

welkin

7 letters

delight², ecstasy³, nirvana³, rapture², arcadia⁴

8 letters

paradise³, felicity⁴, empyrean

9 letters

transport², happiness³, firmament

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (eden² = 2 syllables).