paradise

The word “paradise” means a place or state of perfect happiness, often associated with heaven or the Garden of Eden. In plain terms, a perfect, blissful place — whether religious (heaven, Eden) or everyday (a "shopper's paradise").

“Paradise” is pronounced PA-ruh-dys (/ˈpæɹədaɪs/ in IPA).

Here is “paradise” used in a sentence: “For many believers, paradise awaits after death.”

Words with a similar meaning to “paradise” include heaven, Eden, Shangri-La, Peach Blossom Spring, utopia and Arcadia.

“Paradise” is a noun.

The word “paradise” comes from Old English. From Greek paradeisos, originally meaning a walled garden or park, tracing back to a Persian word for an enclosed pleasure-ground — it displaced the earlier Old English word neorxnawang.

“Paradise” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B1 level.

“Paradise” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a place or state of perfect happiness, often associated with heaven or the Garden of Eden.

'Heaven' usually names a specific religious realm of the afterlife or where God dwells, while 'paradise' is broader. Paradise can mean any place or state of perfect happiness, whether religious, like the Garden of Eden, or simply an ideal, blissful spot.

Paradise is a place or state of perfect happiness, often with religious or blissful associations. A utopia is an imagined society that is perfectly ordered and governed, so it stresses ideal social arrangements rather than personal bliss.

Paradise has strong religious associations, often linked to heaven or the Garden of Eden. However, it is also used in everyday language for any place that feels ideal or blissful, such as a 'tropical paradise.'

The plural is 'paradises,' used when referring to more than one ideal or blissful place. The word is nevertheless often used in the singular.