HEAVEN


Meaning of HEAVEN in English

n. 25B6; noun

the good will have a place in heaven : PARADISE, nirvana, Zion; the hereafter, the next world, the next life, the afterworld; Elysium, the Elysian Fields, Valhalla; poetic/literary the empyrean.

a good book is my idea of heaven : BLISS, ecstasy, rapture, contentment, happiness, delight, joy, seventh heaven; paradise, Utopia, nirvana.

(poetic/literary) he observed the heavens : THE SKY, the skies, the upper atmosphere, the stratosphere; poetic/literary the firmament, the vault of heaven, the blue, the (wide) blue yonder, the welkin, the empyrean, the azure, the upper regions, the sphere.

celestial.

hell, misery.

25A0; in seventh heaven ECSTATIC, euphoric, thrilled, elated, delighted, overjoyed, on cloud nine, walking on air, jubilant, rapturous, jumping for joy, transported, delirious, blissful; informal over the moon, on top of the world, on a high, tickled pink, as pleased as Punch, cock-a-hoop, as happy as a sandboy; Brit. informal as happy as Larry; N. Amer. informal as happy as a clam; Austral. informal wrapped.

25A0; move heaven and earth TRY ONE'S HARDEST, do one's best, do one's utmost, do all one can, give one's all, spare no effort, put oneself out; strive, exert oneself, work hard; informal bend over backwards, do one's damnedest, go all out, bust a gut.

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