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Eden

Eden

1 6.8
A place or state that has great happiness and peace
  • noun
  • /ˈiːdən/
translation icon : paraíso
  • In her garden, she created an Eden filled with vibrant flowers and peaceful pathways.

And I was like, and then they come in, they come in to Eden with us.

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Examples

  • You know, I think there's something, it's almost like the Garden of Eden or something, you know, kind of like that.

  • The flowers of Paradise are poured forth in Eden, not by a nice or a or a fastidious gardener, by fastidious artifice.

  • The tree of life in Eden is probably symbolic of cracking the genetic code and extending the human lifespan.

  • We're OK, family is OK, and this house is OK, even though it was pretty close to the Eden fires and we actually had to evacuate.

  • The serene beach felt like an Eden where we could relax without any worries.

  • After years of hard work, he finally found his Eden in a small village by the ocean.

Synonyms

heaven
vsEden
237 1.0

A very happy and peaceful state

is used more flexibly as a metaphor for an ideal place or state
paradise
vsEden
192 4.0

A place or state of perfect happiness and peace

is a named metaphor often used for an ideal version of that state
bliss
vsEden
78 3.2

A complete feeling of great happiness and peace

adds the idea of a place or landscape as the ideal setting
Garden of Eden
vsEden
  • Literature
23 5.1

A perfect, untouched garden in the Bible where the first humans lived and a way to say an unspoiled place

is used more generally as a metaphor beyond the biblical story
Utopia
vsEden
15 7.9

An imagined perfect place where people live together happily

is more about natural or personal ideal beauty than social systems
promised land
vsEden
14 6.0

A place or situation someone hopes will bring them happiness after a long struggle

is more an immediate ideal rather than a future reward after hardship
Shangri-la
vsEden
  • Literature
7 9.8

An imaginary perfect, peaceful place where people feel very happy and safe

is used more broadly as a general ideal not tied to a remote place
nirvana
vsEden
5 7.9

A very peaceful happy state with no worry or pain

is more about general joy rather than total liberation from suffering
Elysian Fields
vsEden
  • Literature
5 9.9

A peaceful, happy place in Greek myth where heroes and good people go after death

is a broader metaphor for any ideal peaceful state not limited to heroes
5 5.3

A deep calm feeling like being in heaven

is more about joyful happiness rather than tranquil stillness
2 4.2

A very beautiful place where people feel happy and peaceful

is more general and not limited to actual places in the world
1 5.8

A beautiful peaceful place on earth that seems perfect

is used sometimes for imagined perfect states not only real locations
Arcadia
vsEden
  • Literature
1 8.6

An imagined peaceful place in nature where people live simply and happily

is broader covering any perfect happiness not only pastoral scenes
City of God
vsEden
  • Literature
1 8.3

A holy place where people believe God and the blessed live after death

is used more commonly as a secular metaphor for earthly perfection
Elysium
vsEden
  • Literature
9.9

A perfect place or state of great happiness

is used metaphorically as a general ideal not only for mythic realms
meadowland
vsEden
4.0

A calm, happy time or place without worry

is a stronger fuller ideal of perfect happiness and peace

Antonyms

724 4.4

A religious idea of a place after death where people who do wrong suffer forever

210 3.5

A complete loss of hope

chaos
  • Literature
14 7.7

A formless empty state before the world began

Compounds

Garden of Eden
  • Literature
23 5.1

A perfect, untouched garden in the Bible where the first humans lived and a way to say an unspoiled place

How Perfect

Eden
1 6.8
garden
740 1.0
place
1.0
wasteland
58 4.9

Surface Forms

Eden singular
Edens plural

Etymology

Eden comes from a Hebrew word eden that means 'delight' or 'pleasure', and because it was the name of a perfect garden in the Bible, calling a place an Eden means a very happy, peaceful paradise.