English Explanatory Dictionary

paradise

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death.
  2. A garden where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.
  3. A very pleasant place, such as a place full of lush vegetation.
  4. An ideal place for a specified type of person, activity, etc.
  5. A very pleasant experience.
  6. An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, such as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
  7. A churchyard or cemetery.
  8. The upper gallery in a theatre.
  9. A cake, often as a paradise slice.
verb
  1. To place (as) in paradise.
  2. To transform into a paradise.
  3. To affect or exalt with visions of happiness.
name
  1. Heaven.
  2. The Garden of Eden.
  3. A town in Grenada.
  4. A village in Suriname.
  5. A settlement on the island of Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
  6. A number of places in the United States:
  7. A ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona.
  8. A town in Butte County, California.
  9. A census-designated place in Mono County, California.
  10. A city in Kansas.
  11. A census-designated place in Montana.
  12. An unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.

Pronunciation

/ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪ̯s/ /ˈpɛɹ.ə.daɪ̯s/ En-us-paradise.ogg /ˈpæɹ.ə.dɑɪ̯s/ /ˈpɛ̞ɹ.ɘ.dɑɪ̯s/ pă'rədīs LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Paradise.wav

Word forms

paradise paradises paradize paradising paradised

Etymology

From Middle English paradis, paradise, paradys, from Late Old English paradīs, borrowed from Old French paradis, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Doublet of parvis. Displaced Old English neorxnawang.

Synonyms

heaven Eden Shangri-La Peach Blossom Spring utopia Arcadia Arcady Avalon kingdom come nirvana sweet hereafter happy hunting ground Garden of Eden imparadise entrance bewitch

Related words

Abraham's bosom Arcadia Avalon Eden happy hunting ground kingdom come nirvana Shangri-La sweet hereafter utopia

Derived words

another day in paradise bird of paradise disparadise disparadised earthly paradise eastern paradise whydah emparadise fool's paradise grain of paradise grains of paradise imparadise long-tailed paradise whydah magnificent bird of paradise paradisaic paradisaical paradisal paradisean paradise crane paradise-crow paradise duck paradisefish paradise flycatcher Paradise Island paradise nut paradise on Earth paradise parrot paradise shelduck paradise skipper paradise sugar paradise syndrome paradise tree paradisiac paradisiacal paradisial paradisian paradisic paradisical paradol Surfers Paradise trouble in paradise unparadise workers' paradise
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