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nirvana

nirvana

5 7.9
A very peaceful happy state with no worry or pain
  • noun
  • /nɪrˈvɑːnə/
translation icon : nirvana
  • After years of hard work, she finally achieved nirvana and felt a deep sense of bliss and contentment.
  • reach nirvana
  • pure nirvana
  • shopping nirvana

So you are living in a Nirvana of beer today.

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Examples

  • This school was as close as I had gotten to library technology nirvana.

    Academic text (2014)
  • There's incredible Nirvana in this moment.

  • So you are living in a Nirvana of beer today.

  • A place that is nirvana until someone gets sick.

    Blog text (12)
  • It's not nirvana, but it works for me.

    Blog text (1)
  • I had come halfway around the world to learn that I am alive and that life is the nirvana it seeks.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • And when you're truly present, that's nirvana.

  • They must have thought that they'd found nirvana.

  • To find out for sure, Tori and Grant touch down in nerd Nirvana.

  • But for investors like you and me, a world like that—where everything makes sense—is a financial Nirvana.

    Blog text (13)

Synonyms

peace
vsnirvana
1.0

A calm, quiet feeling in your mind without worry

extends that calm into perfect happiness and freedom from suffering
heaven
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237 1.0

A very happy and peaceful state

is the same peaceful happiness but highlights release from worry
paradise
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192 4.0

A place or state of perfect happiness and peace

is the same idea but also stresses freedom from pain and worry
bliss
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78 3.2

A complete feeling of great happiness and peace

stresses that joy plus total peace and freedom from suffering
serenity
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48 4.4

A calm, peaceful feeling without worry

is stronger, adding complete happiness and freedom from pain or worry
zen
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15 6.6

A calm, peaceful feeling you have when you relax and focus

is deeper, implying complete release from pain and lasting bliss
Utopia
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15 7.9

An imagined perfect place where people live together happily

is a personal state of perfect peace rather than societal perfection
promised land
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14 6.0

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

is an immediate state of complete peace and freedom, not a future goal
Shangri-la
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  • Literature
7 9.8

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

is a spiritual or mental state rather than a fictional location
heavenly peace
vsnirvana
5 5.3

A deep calm feeling like being in heaven

adds the idea of complete freedom from pain and mental worry
peacefulness
vsnirvana
4 2.7

A calm, quiet feeling with no worry

stresses total liberation from worry and inner pain along with calm
paradise on earth
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2 4.2

A very beautiful place where people feel happy and peaceful

is a metaphysical state of inner freedom rather than a worldly location
pure bliss
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1 3.7

A feeling of complete happiness

is broader, adding complete freedom from worry and pain
blissfulness
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1 4.4

A feeling of complete happiness and calm

focuses more on complete peace and release from pain
beatitude
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  • Literature
1 9.3

A state of complete happiness and calm

is similar but adds complete freedom from worry and pain
Eden
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1 6.8

A place or state that has great happiness and peace

is a broader inner state rather than a specific idyllic place
ananda
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  • Specialized
9.9

A state of complete spiritual happiness often felt in meditation

is similar but generalizes to total freedom from worry and pain
nibbana
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9.9

A very peaceful, happy feeling in quiet moments

is the fuller idea stressing escape from worry and pain
sense of nirvana
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8.3

A strong feeling of complete peace and happiness

is a lasting state implying full freedom from worry and pain
personal nirvana
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8.4

A deep feeling of calm and perfect happiness for one person

is broader, covering personal feeling and an ideal spiritual state
buddhahood
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9.1

A state of complete spiritual understanding with deep wisdom and compassion

focuses more narrowly on perfect happiness and freedom from pain
bodhi
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  • Specialized
9.9

A state of complete spiritual awakening and freedom from rebirth

is centered on perfect peace and freedom rather than awakening alone

Antonyms

636 2.8

Pain and trouble that a person feels in the body or mind

310 2.8

A feeling of great unhappiness and suffering

Compounds

A deep feeling of calm and perfect happiness for one person

A strong feeling of complete peace and happiness

Surface Forms

nirvana singular
nirvanas plural

Etymology

The word nirvana was taken from the Sanskrit nirvāṇa, made of nir- 'out' and vāṇa 'blow', which makes you think of worries being 'blown out'. So people call a spa, a quiet cabin, or any place of complete calm a nirvana, meaning a state of perfect happiness and peace.