Heaven

Quick meaning: Heaven is a noun meaning The sky, specifically:.

Meaning

The sky, specifically:.

More Meanings

1. (religion) The abode of God or the gods, traditionally conceived as beyond the sky; especially:
2. (by extension) Any paradise; any blissful place or experience.
3. (by extension) A state of bliss; a peaceful ecstasy.
4. (informal, with a modifier) Similarly blissful afterlives, places, or states for particular people, animals, or objects.
5. (religion) The afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust (compare hell); specifically:
6. (obsolete) To transport to the abode of God, the gods, or the blessed.
7. (obsolete) To beatify, enchant, or please greatly.

Example Sentences

Ile follow thee and make a heauen of hell.

Husbandes are in heauen...whose wiues scold not.

Such a shop as that...would be quite a heaven upon earth to me.

England, that was formerly the heaven, would be now the hell for women.

Word Forms

• heavens
• heav'n
• heavening
• heavened

Synonyms for heaven

Depending on context, synonyms include firmament, sky, welkin, paradise, dream, eden.

Antonyms for heaven

Common opposites include hell, horror, nightmare, perdition, inferno.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include paradise, nirvana, eden, sky, moon, amor.

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