paradise

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. Eden, heaven, Promised Land, Canaan, land of milk and honey; Utopia, Arcadia; never-never land; bliss, happiness; Elysian fields, Elysium; Shangri-la. Ant., hell.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [The other world]

Syn. heaven, Kingdom Come, Celestial Home, By-and-By; see heaven 2 .

2. [The home of Adam and Eve]

Syn. Garden of Eden, Eden, the Garden.

3. [An idyllic land]

Syn. Arcadia, Cockaigne, Carcassonne, El Dorado, Elysium, the Elysian Fields, Erewhon, Eden, Valhalla, Xanadu, Beulah Land, Shangrila, Arcady, Arcadia; see also utopia .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

heaven on earth, heaven, utopia, Shangri-la, *cloud nine, *Eden, bliss, rapture, joy, euphoria.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A state of elated bliss: ecstasy, heaven, rapture, seventh heaven, transport. Informal: cloud nine. See HAPPY.