Synonyms for heaven
ˈhɛv ənheav·en

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. heavennoun

   Synonyms:
   welkin, pearly gates, sky, firmament, delight, paradise, dream

   Antonyms:
   hell, nightmare, horror

2. heavennoun

   derived from Evan with a folk etymology spelling.

   Synonyms:
   dream, sky, pearly gates, delight, firmament, welkin, paradise

   Antonyms:
   horror, hell, nightmare

3. heavennoun

   The paradise of the afterlife in certain religions, considered to be the home of the god or gods of those religions, and often the home, or one of various possible homes, of souls of deceased people.

   Mommy’s gone to heaven to be with God.

   Synonyms:
   delight, paradise, dream, welkin, firmament, sky, pearly gates

   Antonyms:
   horror, hell, nightmare

4. heavennoun

   A blissful place or experience.

   Soaking in a warm bath after a long day at work is sheer heaven.

   Synonyms:
   pearly gates, firmament, welkin, delight, dream, paradise, sky

   Antonyms:
   hell, nightmare, horror

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-lanoun

   any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

   Synonyms:
   enlightenment, paradise, nirvana, promised land

   Antonyms:
   pit, Inferno, nether region, infernal region, perdition, Hell

2. Heavennoun

   the abode of God and the angels

   Synonyms:
   paradise, nirvana, promised land

   Antonyms:
   nether region, Inferno, perdition, Hell, infernal region, pit

Matched Categories

1. • Imaginary Place
   • Region

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. himmel

   himmel means sky, heaven... they are interchangeable

   Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. heavennoun

   Synonyms:
   firmament, sky, welkin, empyrean, celestial sphere, starry heaven, vault of heaven, canopy of heaven

2. heavennoun

   Synonyms:
   paradise, elysium, abode of the blessed

3. heavennoun

   Synonyms:
   GOD, jehovah, lord

4. heavennoun

   Synonyms:
   exalted state, state of bliss, great felicity, supreme happiness

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. heavennoun

   Synonyms:
   paradise, elysium, eden, the new jerusalem, glory, olympus, elysium, elysian, arcadia, valhalla, walhalla, nirvana

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1. List of paraphrases for "heaven":

   paradise, paradis, sky, skies, ciel, haven, heavens, god, havens, goodness

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1. William W. Purkey:

   Dance like nobody's watching Love like you've never been hurt Sing like nobody's listening Live like it's heaven on earth

2. John Lyly:

   Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.

3. One Angel mother:

   This is permanent separation, it’s the media that won’t share it with other people. Thankfully I will see him again in heaven.

4. Johann von Goethe:

   Know'st thou the land where the lemon-trees bloom, Where the gold orange glows in the deep thicket's gloom, Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows, And the groves are of laurel and myrtle and rose

5. Kerri Hurley:

   I owe Ben Moor a debt of gratitude because, if heaven forbid something had happened to my husband, I would never have talked to him again, and Ben Moor was that person who allowed me to speak to him.