Another word for heaven
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Noun
The celestial regions as seen from the earth.
- The vault of heaven; the sky.
- The upper air.
- The expanse of air over any given point on the earth; the upper atmosphere as seen from the earth's surface.
- The appearance of the upper atmosphere, especially with reference to weather:
- The celestial regions; the heavens:
- The vault or expanse of the heavens; the sky.
See also:A state of elated bliss
- A state of elation or great happiness:
- To move or carry (goods, for example) from one place to another; convey.
- To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.
- To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.
- A state of great joy and satisfaction.
- The farthest of the concentric spheres containing the stars and constituting the dwelling place of God and the angels in the Muslim and kabbalist systems.
- The state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy.
- An expression of ecstatic feeling:
- The transporting of a person from one place to another, especially to heaven, by supernatural means.
- The Garden of Eden.
- In various religious traditions, the Edenic or heavenly abode of righteous souls after death.
- According to some forms of Christian belief, an intermediate resting place for righteous souls awaiting the Resurrection.
- Intense joy or delight.
- A state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond rational thought and self-control:
- The trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
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Another word for heaven
Noun
The sky; often plural
- Any of a class of organic compounds in which two hydrocarbon groups are linked by an oxygen atom.
- A volatile, highly flammable liquid, C4 H10 O, derived from distilling ethyl alcohol with sulfuric acid, used as a reagent and solvent, and formerly used as an anesthetic.
- The regions of space beyond the earth's atmosphere; the heavens.
- On the far side of; past:
- Later than; after:
- To a degree that is past the understanding, reach, or scope of:
- A bright blue, as of a clear sky.
- The color blue.
- The blue sky.
- The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body, especially the one surrounding the earth, and retained by the celestial body's gravitational field.
- The air or climate in a specific place.
- A unit of pressure equal to the air pressure at sea level. It equals the amount of pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 millimeters high at 0 degrees Celsius under standard gravity, or 14.7 pounds per square inch (1.01325 × 105 pascals).
- plural form of height
- A general term for a neighborhood or other development built on a hill or mountain.
- The region of the atmosphere above the troposphere and below the mesosphere.
- An extremely high or the highest point or degree on a ranked scale:
- The vault or expanse of the heavens; the sky.
- The highest reaches of heaven, believed by the ancients to be a realm of pure fire or light.
- The abode of God and the angels; paradise.
- The sky.
- The vault of heaven; the sky.
- The upper air.
The abode of the blessed
See also:Antonyms:A state of great comfort
- An orderly or pleasing combination of elements in a whole:
- A relationship in which various components exist together without destroying one another:
- A relationship characterized by a lack of conflict or by agreement, as of opinion or interest:
- Great happiness; bliss.
- An instance of great happiness.
- A cause or source of happiness.
- Extreme happiness; ecstasy.
- The ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy.
See also:Supernatural power; capital H
- Care or preparation in advance; foresight.
- Prudent management; economy.
- The care, guardianship, and control exercised by a deity; divine direction:
- almighty God
- an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
- How annoying! That's enough!
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Idioms:
move-heaven-and-earth
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