According to some religions, paradise is a wonderful place where people go after they die, if they have led good lives.
The Koran describes paradise as a place containing a garden of delight.
If they were captured they wished to die, believing that they would go to paradise.
Synonyms: heaven, Promised Land, Zion, City of God More Synonyms of paradise
2. variable noun
You can refer to a place or situation that seems beautiful or perfect as paradise or a paradise.
...one of the world's great natural paradises.
This place is what my father would call a paradise, with wide open spaces on allsides.
3. countable noun
You can use paradise to say that a place is very attractive to a particular kind of person and has everything they need for a particular activity.
The Algarve is a golfer's paradise.
Very few people have the money to take advantage of this consumer paradise.
4. See also fool's paradise
More Synonyms of paradise
paradise in British English
(ˈpærəˌdaɪs)
noun
1.
heaven as the ultimate abode or state of the righteous
2. Islam
the sensual garden of delights that the Koran promises the faithful after death
3. Also called: limbo
(according to some theologians) the intermediate abode or state of the just prior to the Resurrection of Jesus, as in Luke 23:43
4.
the place or state of happiness enjoyed by Adam before the first sin; the Garden of Eden
5.
any place or condition that fulfils all one's desires or aspirations
6.
a park in which foreign animals are kept
Word origin
Old English, from Church Latin paradīsus, from Greek paradeisos garden, of Persian origin; compare Avestan pairidaēza enclosed area, from pairi- around + daēza wall
Paradise in American English1
(ˈpærəˌdaɪs; ˈpærəˌdaɪz)
noun
1.
the garden of Eden
2.
the abode of the righteous after death; abode of God and the blessed; heaven
3. [p-]
a.
any place of great beauty and perfection
b.
any place or condition of great satisfaction, happiness, or delight
Word origin
ME paradis < OE & OFr, both < LL(Ec) paradisus, heaven, abode of the blessed < L, park, orchard < Gr paradeisos, park, garden (in N.T. & LXX, Paradise) < Iran *pardez, akin to Avestan pairi-daēza, enclosure < pairi, around (see peri-) + daēza, a wall < IE base *dheigh-, to knead clay: see dough
Paradise in American English2
(ˈpærəˌdaɪs; ˈpærəˌdaɪz)
city in SE Nev., near Las Vegas: pop. 186,000
Word origin
descriptive
More idioms containing
paradise
live in a fool's paradise
Examples of 'paradise' in a sentence
paradise
It was like no other city on earth, he thought; at the very frontiers of paradise.
Dobbs, Michael THE TOUCH OF INNOCENTS (2001)
They simply wanted to know where their long-awaited paradise had gone.
Clive Barker COLDHEART CANYON (2001)
You didn't want to admit that there was anything wrong in the Miller paradise.
Cathy Kelly JUST BETWEEN US (2001)
For did not the Heavenly Father create Eve to complete Adam, even in Paradise ?
Mario Puzo THE FAMILY (2001)
Quotations
Two paradises 'twere in one To live in paradise aloneAndrew MarvellThe Garden
In other languages
paradise
British English: paradise /ˈpærəˌdaɪs/ NOUN
According to some religions, paradise is a wonderful place where people go after they die, if they have led good lives.
The Koran describes paradise as a garden of delight.
American English: paradise
Arabic: جَنَةٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: paraíso
Chinese: 天堂
Croatian: raj
Czech: ráj
Danish: paradis
Dutch: paradijs
European Spanish: paraíso
Finnish: paratiisi
French: paradis
German: Paradies
Greek: παράδεισος
Italian: paradiso
Japanese: 楽園
Korean: 낙원
Norwegian: paradis
Polish: raj
European Portuguese: paraíso
Romanian: paradis
Russian: рай
Latin American Spanish: paraíso
Swedish: paradis
Thai: สวรรค์
Turkish: cennet
Ukrainian: рай
Vietnamese: thiên đường
Chinese translation of 'paradise'
paradise
(ˈpærədaɪs)
n
(u) (Rel, = heaven) 天堂 (tiāntáng)
(c/u) (fig) 乐(樂)园(園) (lèyuán) (个(個), gè)
1 (noun)
Definition
heaven
They believe they will go to paradise when they die.
Synonyms
heaven
Promised Land
Zion
City of God
Elysian fields
garden of delights
divine abode
heavenly kingdom
2 (noun)
Definition
the Garden of Eden
Adam and Eve's expulsion from Paradise
Synonyms
Garden of Eden
Eden
3 (noun)
Definition
any place or condition that fulfils a person's desires
This job is paradise compared to my last one.
Synonyms
bliss
It was a scene of such domestic bliss.
delight
To my delight, the plan worked perfectly.
heaven (informal)
My idea of heaven is hiking with friends on a sunny day.
felicity
a period of domestic felicity
utopia
We weren't out to design a contemporary utopia.
seventh heaven
Quotation
Two paradises 'twere in one To live in paradise alone [Andrew Marvell – The Garden]
Additional synonyms
in the sense of delight
Definition
extreme pleasure
To my delight, the plan worked perfectly.
Synonyms
pleasure,
joy,
satisfaction,
comfort,
happiness,
ecstasy,
enjoyment,
bliss,
felicity,
glee,
gratification,
rapture,
gladness
in the sense of felicity
Definition
great happiness and pleasure
a period of domestic felicity
Synonyms
happiness,
joy,
ecstasy,
bliss,
delectation (formal),
blessedness,
blissfulness
in the sense of utopia
Definition
any real or imaginary society, place, or state considered to be perfect or ideal