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Definition of paradise noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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• as in utopia
• as in bliss
• as in heaven
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Synonyms & Similar Words

• Garden of Eden
• fantasyland
• promised land
• Shangri - la
• New Jerusalem
• blissfulness
• never - never land
• blessedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• anti - utopia
• fool's paradise
• kingdom come
• elysian fields
• happy hunting ground
• Pandemonium
• netherworld
• intoxication
• exhilaration
• seventh heaven
• cheerfulness
• enchantment
• inspiration
• gleefulness
• lightheartedness
• unhappiness
• wretchedness
• despondency
• heartsickness
• forlornness
• disconsolateness
• dispiritedness
• disheartenment
• downheartedness

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paradise ( English)

Origin & history, pronunciation.

• ( Amer. Eng. ) pă'rədīs, IPA: /ˈpærədaɪs/
• ( chiefly , religion ) Heaven ; the abode of sanctified souls after death.
• Bible, Luke xxiii. 43 To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise .
• Longfellow It sounds to him like her mother's voice, / Singing in Paradise .
• ( figuratively ) A very pleasant place .    an island paradise in the Caribbean
• ( figuratively ) A very positive experience.
• ( architecture ) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church , such as the space within a cloister , the open court before a basilica , etc.
• A churchyard or cemetery .

▾  Derived words & phrases

• bird of paradise
• disparadise
• disparadised ( adj. )
• fool's paradise
• grains of paradise
• paradise duck
• paradise flycatcher
• paradisiacal
• paradisiacally
• Surfers Paradise
• trouble in paradise

paradise ( Latin)

• Inflection of paradīsus ( vocative singular )

Automatically generated practical examples in English:

In the first trailer for the reboot of the series, visitors are transported to a tropical paradise where they believe their wildest dreams are about to come true. Mail Online, 11 November 2019

It’s the cheap tourism paradise travellers love to flock to. news.com.au, 8 November 2019

Flights will be departing from London Luton to the island of eternal spring, offering visitors a spot of sunny paradise with near perfect temperatures all year round. Breaking Travel News, 16 November 2019

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Once a zone blocked off with barbed wire, littered with landmines and manned by soldiers with shoot-to-kill orders, today, much of the 1,393 kilometre border dividing the former East from the West is a thriving natural paradise . The Local, 17 November 2019

It’s the island paradise that once attracted around one million Australian tourists each year. news.com.au, 11 November 2020

While most frustrated Brits are making do with chilly autumn temperatures, Demi didn't have a care in the world as she made the most of the paradise island archipelago. Mail Online, 13 November 2020

Martha Hunt is soaking up the sun in paradise ! The 31-year-old model, who is a former Victoria’s Secret Angel, was seen hitting the beach with her fiance Jason McDonald on Saturday (November 7) in Tulum, Mexico. Just Jared, 24 October 2020

On Tuesday, fans noticed the rapper’s gf, Denise Bidot, deleted her Instagram after leaving a breadcrumb trail of suspicious activity that caused social media sleuths to speculate there was trouble in paradise . Not only did Mr. Perez Hilton, 24 October 2020

The Atlassian boss isplanning to transform it into a green paradise using 'regenerative agriculture' - and wants us all eating crickets and other insects as part of the plan. Mail Online, 14 November 2021

With its balmy beaches, laid back lifestyles and holiday vibe, the tropical paradise of Bali has much to offer any world weary traveler -- let alone those fleeing a war zone. CNN, 19 March 2023

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bird : …birdloving, bird-loving, bird loving birdly birdman bird of freedom bird of ill omen bird of Jove bird of Juno bird of paradise bird-of-paradise Bird of Paradise bird-of-paradise flower bird of passage bird of peace bird of prey…

earth : …ashes, dust to dust earth tone earthbound or earth-bound earthen earthenware earthquake earthling earthly earthly paradise earthquake earth-shattering earth sign earth station earthworm earthy ends of the earth flat…

smile : …an appearance suited to excite joy.    The sun smiled down from a clear summer sky. Alexander Pope The desert smiled, / And paradise was opened in the wild. (intransitive) To be propitious or favourable; to countenance.    The gods smiled on…

strive : …vie; to compete as a rival. Milton [Not] that sweet grove / Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired / Castalian spring, might with this paradise / Of Eden strive. Usage This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See English catenative verbs The strong…

heaven : …("heavens" or "the heavens") since the 17th century, except in poetry. Synonyms sky: firmament, sky; welkin (obsolete) paradise: paradise entrance to heaven: pearly gates blissful place or experience: delight, dream, paradise Antonyms paradise: hell…

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What does the noun paradise mean?

There are 14 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun paradise , two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

paradise has developed meanings and uses in subjects including

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Earliest known use

Old English

The earliest known use of the noun paradise is in the Old English period (pre-1150).

paradise is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French.

Etymons: Latin paradisus ; French paradis , parais .

Nearby entries

• parading, n. 1686–
• parading, adj. 1741–
• paradingly, adv. 1792–1841
• paradiorthosis, n. a1657
• paradiplomatic, adj. 1854–
• paradisaeid, n. 1895–
• paradisaeine, adj. 1895–
• paradisaic, adj. 1754–
• paradisaical, adj. 1623–
• paradisal, adj. 1568–
• paradise, n. Old English–
• paradise, v. 1593
• paradisean, adj. 1647–
• paradise apple, n. 1598–
• paradise bird, n. 1617–
• paradise crane, n. 1906–
• paradised, adj. 1594–
• paradise duck, n. 1813–
• paradise fish, n. 1858–
• paradise flycatcher, n. 1862–
• paradise grains, n. 1705–

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paradise, n. was revised in June 2005.

paradise, n. was last modified in June 2024.

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Example sentences island paradise

Set them on an island paradise , and the show gets better still.

An idealistic traveller learns the location of an island paradise where he finds a number of people have formed their own secret idyllic community.

A backpacker learns the location of an island paradise .

After hitting the brine, they all wash up at separate locations on an island paradise , and the game proper starts.

But party advisers warned him that besmirching his island paradise could play badly with core voters.

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