paradise

A place or experience that feels extremely beautiful, pleasant, and happy.

• This island is paradise.
• We found a little paradise beside the lake.
• A quiet afternoon in that garden feels like paradise.

Similar words: heaven, idyll

Opposites: hell

Common phrases: tropical paradise, island paradise, little paradise

A place with everything a particular person wants or needs for an activity.

• This market is a shoppers’ paradise.
• The island is a paradise for divers.
• With its many trails, the valley has become a hikers’ paradise.

How to use it: a paradise for someone (The coast is a paradise for birdwatchers.)

Similar words: heaven, haven

Common phrases: paradise for someone, shoppers' paradise, food lovers’ paradise

A happy place where good or holy people are believed to go after death.

• They believe she is in paradise.
• The story describes the souls entering paradise.
• Their faith promises eternal life in paradise.

Similar words: heaven

Opposites: hell

Common phrases: enter paradise, eternal paradise, gates of paradise