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Synonyms for rapture

Most common

ecstasy heaven transport joy

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.

    They went into raptures about the meal they'd had.

Related words

Word family
rapturous rapt

Forms

Plural
raptures → ecstasies, heavens, transports, joys…

Example sentences

  • heaven May your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
  • joy Everyone shouted for joy when they heard the news.
  • ecstasy Sami fell into a state of ecstasy during the dhikr.
  • exaltation In Buddhism, having much emotion is not exaltation.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rapturerising
heavenrising
joyrising
ecstasyrising
exaltationsteady

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

By length

3 letters
joy1
5 letters
bliss1
6 letters
heaven2, raptus
7 letters
passion2, delight2, ecstasy3, elation3
8 letters
pleasure2, felicity4, gladness
9 letters
transport2, happiness3, beatitude
10 letters
enthusiasm5, exuberance4, exaltation, ravishment
11 letters
enchantment3, delectation, blessedness3
13 letters
beatification

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (heaven2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
ravissement
Deutsch
Raub