Paradise
n.joyful, calmwarm
What it means
A place or condition experienced as exceptionally peaceful and delightful.
Reach for it when describing an ideal refuge, setting, or state of happiness
For the tired cyclists, the shaded orchard felt like paradise.
Choose between these
6- everyday
when bliss is expressed through familiar exaggeration
not when Heaven has religious meanings and may be inappropriate in secular or interfaith contexts.
- everyday
retreat
when a temporary place for rest is intended
not when A retreat can be useful without being idyllic.
- warm
when safety and refuge are more important than pleasure
not when A haven can be plain and protective rather than blissfully beautiful.
- professional
when protection from harm is the defining quality
not when Sanctuary foregrounds security, not complete pleasure.
- formal
when an ideal society or system is being imagined
not when Utopia often carries political or impossible perfection that paradise does not require.
- literary
Eden
when untouched natural abundance is the image
not when Eden invokes a specific biblical story rather than any delightful place.
Said against
3- hell
- wasteland
- misery
It naturally appears in
3- tropical paradise
The restored mangroves made the bay a tropical paradise for nesting birds.
- a little paradise
A little paradise grew behind the flats as neighbors planted herbs and fruit trees.
- paradise for hikers
Paradise for hikers begins where the marked trail reaches the high meadow.
Where this comes from
- Wiktionary, English noun, figurative sense opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
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