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Eden

Eden

20 6.8
A place or state that has great happiness and peace
  • noun
  • /ˈiːdən/
: 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

paradise
vsEden
301 4.0

A place or state of perfect happiness and peace

is a named metaphor often used for an ideal version of that state
heaven
vsEden
196 1.0

A very happy and peaceful state

is used more flexibly as a metaphor for an ideal place or state
bliss
vsEden
87 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
32 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
nirvana
vsEden
20 7.9

A very peaceful happy state with no worry or pain

is more about general joy rather than total liberation from suffering
Shangri-la
vsEden
  • Literature
16 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
Utopia
vsEden
9 7.9

An imagined perfect place where people live together happily

is more about natural or personal ideal beauty than social systems
Elysian Fields
vsEden
  • Literature
8 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
Arcadia
vsEden
  • Literature
8 8.6

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

is broader covering any perfect happiness not only pastoral scenes
7 5.3

A deep calm feeling like being in heaven

is more about joyful happiness rather than tranquil stillness
City of God
vsEden
  • Literature
4 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
4 9.9

A perfect place or state of great happiness

is used metaphorically as a general ideal not only for mythic realms
3 4.2

A very beautiful place where people feel happy and peaceful

is more general and not limited to actual places in the world
2 5.8

A beautiful peaceful place on earth that seems perfect

is used sometimes for imagined perfect states not only real locations
promised land
vsEden
1 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
meadowland
vsEden
1 4.0

A calm, happy time or place without worry

is a stronger fuller ideal of perfect happiness and peace

Antonyms

906 4.4

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

187 3.5

A complete loss of hope

chaos
  • Literature
4 7.7

A formless empty state before the world began

Compounds

Garden of Eden
  • Literature
32 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
20 6.8
garden
979 1.0
place
∞ 1.0
wasteland
44 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.