heaven

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

Abode of the blessed

Nouns

1. heaven, above, empyrean; kingdom of heaven or God, Abraham's bosom; future state, eternal blessedness, eternity, everlasting bliss, eternal life or reward; Paradise, Eden, abode or isle of the blessed; celestial bliss, glory; hereafter, afterlife; Golden Age, Utopia, never-never land, millennium, land of Canaan, Land of Beulah, Celestial City, City of God, promised land; Pearly Gates; Land of the Leal; New Jerusalem; Alfardaws, Assama, Garden of Irem; Nirvana; Olympus; Elysium, Elysian fields, garden of the Hesperides, Valhalla, Nirvana, the happy hunting grounds, seventh heaven. Slang, kingdom come. See pleasure.

2. sky, firmament, welkin, blue empyrean, the ether, heavens. See universe.

3. resurrection, translation, apotheosis, ascension, assumption; afterlife, life after death, great beyond, afterworld.

4. See angel, deity.

Adjectives — heavenly, celestial, supernal, unearthly, from on high, paradisiac[al], beatific, elysian, ethereal, Olympian.

Quotations — I will spend my heaven doing good on earth (St. Teresa).

Antonyms, see hell.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [The sky; often plural ]

Syn. welkin, empyrean, firmament, stratosphere, heights, atmosphere, azure, beyond, heavenly spheres, ether, the blue*, the wild blue yonder*; see also air 1 , sky .

2. [The abode of the blessed]

Syn. Paradise, Elysian fields, Elysium, Great Beyond, Abode of the Dead, Olympus, Arcadia, Home of the Gods, Heavenly Home, God's Kingdom, Valhalla, Asgard, bliss, abodes of bliss, Zion, Holy City, Nirvana, welkin, inheritance of the saints, City Celestial, throne of God, Land of Beulah, Garden of Eden, Happy Isles, the New Jerusalem, afterworld, the divine abode, heavenly city, the city of God, abode of God and angels, our eternal home, the abode of saints, Kingdom of Heaven, next world, world to come, our Father's house, life beyond the grave, islands of the blessed, abode of spirits of the righteous after death, Fortunate Isles, happy hunting grounds*, the eternal rest*, Kingdom Come*, Abraham's bosom*, sweet by-and-by*, the hereafter*, the house not built with hands*; see also paradise 3 .

Ant. hell*, underworld, inferno.

3. [A state of Great comfort]

Syn. bliss, felicity, harmony; see happiness 2 .

4. [Supernatural power; capital H]

Syn. God Almighty, Providence, Divine Love; see god .

• move heaven and earth,

Syn. do all one can do, exert the most influence, do one's best; see try 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. hereafter paradise, afterworld, bliss, kingdom of God, glory, providence, ecstasy, utopia, *Shangri-la, *happy hunting ground, nirvana, city of light, Elysium, transport, happiness. ''To be one with God.''—Confucious. ''Fulfilled desire.''— Edward Fitzgerald.

2. sky cosmos, universe, firmament, celestial sphere, *the wild blue yonder.

ANT.: 1. hell, Hades, purgatory, torment. see god

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The celestial regions as seen from the earth. Often used in plural: air, firmament, sky. Archaic: welkin. See HIGH. 2. A state of elated bliss: ecstasy, paradise, rapture, seventh heaven, transport. Informal: cloud nine. See HAPPY.