PARADISE Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

paradise

noun

ˈper-ə-ˌdīs

Definition of paradise

as in utopia

an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness an idealist who trotted the globe looking for paradise

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as in bliss

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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as in heaven

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 paradise As for the superhabitable planet’s surface, picture paradise. — Natalie Wolchover, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026 In Egypt, lotus blossoms crowned temples as symbols of rebirth, while in the Islamic world, marble arabesques bloomed across mosques to evoke paradise. — Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026 From the end of September through October, yellows, reds, and oranges light up the region, turning it into a true autumnal paradise. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2026 The Valley has, for many people who live there, gone from a white-collar paradise to a locus of high-stress workaholism and unaffordability. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for paradise

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Noun

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
There still exists in him the hope for a return to his idealistic notion of the box being a portal for dimensional advancement, where diseases could be cured, peace could be achieved, and a techno-utopia might be possible across all worlds.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of utopia

Noun

Her recent relapse, despite the secrecies and shame, was also a time of bliss.

— James Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
In the song, Swift apologizes to an ex for neglecting his feelings, comparing the bliss of a rebound relationship to the excitement of drug users post-withdrawal in recovery, where the term in the title originates.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of bliss

Noun

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
And thanks to Tucson’s extraordinarily dark heavens, the Sonoran skyscape takes center stage with Peace Among the Stars.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of heaven

Noun

The influence of Black American music was absent from not just their Warwickshire peers at the time, but all of the dour indie milieu toiling under Thatcher’s grey skies.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
However, Gibraltar has a potential complication — the easterly Levanter wind can create a distinctive cap of cloud over the Rock even when surrounding skies are clear.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of sky

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The frozen velocity of paint whipped across a canvas suggested a new visual metaphor for intensity, aggression, violence, virility, force, energy, music, and ecstasy, a more efficient representation than any previous word or picture had managed.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Her eyes were cast upward, as the saint’s had been, in her own private ecstasy.

— Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of ecstasy

Noun

And listening to every chat were two experts in the science of happiness.

— Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Most of the new songs wrestle with how to seek pleasure while remaining hyperaware of the devastations of the world, and how that tension can make happiness itself feel like a vice.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

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