n. Function: noun
1
usually
heavens plural
Synonyms: SKY , empyrean, firmament, welkin
2 an abode of blissful spiritual life after death FF1C; the religious conceptions of heaven and hell FF1E;
Synonyms: Abraham's bosom, bliss, Canaan, Civitas Dei, elysium, empyrean, happy hunting ground, kingdom come, New Jerusalem, nirvana, paradise, Zion
Related Words: afterworld, eternity, glory, hereafter, promised land; everlastingness, immortality
Idioms: Beulah Land ( or Land of Beulah), City of God, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven
Contrasted Words: earth, world; Gehenna, hades, inferno, netherworld, perdition, pit, Sheol, Tartarus, Tophet, underworld
Antonyms: hell
3
Synonyms: UTOPIA , arcadia, Cockaigne, fairyland, lubberland, paradise, promised land, Shangri-la, wonderland, Zion
4
Synonyms: ECSTASY , rapture, rhapsody, seventh heaven, transport