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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. any place of complete bliss and delight and peace;
[syn: Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la]

2. (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Paradise \Par"a*dise\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[imac]s), n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[=e]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. peri`) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.] [1913 Webster] 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. [1913 Webster] 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. [1913 Webster] To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke xxiii. 43. [1913 Webster] It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] 3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness. [1913 Webster] The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. [1913 Webster] 5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss. [1913 Webster] Fool's paradise. See under Fool, and Limbo. Grains of paradise. (Bot.) See Melequeta pepper, under Pepper. Paradise bird. (Zool.) Same as Bird of paradise. Among the most beautiful species are the superb (Lophorina superba); the magnificent (Diphyllodes magnifica); and the six-shafted paradise bird (Parotia sefilata). The long-billed paradise birds (Epimachin[ae]) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird (Seleucides alba), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See Bird of paradise in the Vocabulary. Paradise fish (Zool.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish (Macropodus viridiauratus) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. Paradise flycatcher (Zool.), any flycatcher of the genus Terpsiphone, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of Terpsiphone paradisi is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. Paradise grackle (Zool.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus Astrapia, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. Paradise nut (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See Sapucaia nut. [Local, U. S.] Paradise whidah bird. (Zool.) See Whidah. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Paradise \Par"a*dise\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[imac]s), v. t. To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch. [R.] --Marston. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

paradise n 1: any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la] 2: (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

166 Moby Thesaurus words for "paradise": Agapemone, Arcadia, Avalon, Big Rock-Candy Mountain, Canaan, Celestial City, City of God, Civitas Dei, Cloudcuckooland, Cockaigne, Eden, Eldorado, Elysium, Erewhon, Garden of Eden, Goshen, Happy Valley, Indian reservation, Japanese garden, Land of Beulah, Land of Youth, Laputa, Never-Never-land, Neverland, New Atlantis, New Jerusalem, Pandemonium, Quivira, Shangri-la, Utopia, Valhalla, Zion, alpine garden, arboretum, arcadia, archives, auditorium, balcony, bank, beatification, beatitude, bed, bewitchment, bird sanctuary, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, bog garden, border, botanical garden, box, box seat, cheer, cheerfulness, cloud nine, cloudland, common, commons, delectation, delight, dreamland, dress circle, dry garden, dystopia, ecstasy, ecstatics, elation, elysium, empyrean, enchantment, exaltation, exhilaration, exuberance, faerie, fairyland, fauteuil, felicity, flower bed, flower garden, forest preserve, gaiety, gallery, game reserve, garden, garden spot, gladness, glee, grape ranch, grapery, happiness, happy hunting ground, heaven, heavenly kingdom, herbarium, high spirits, hortus siccus, intoxication, jardin, joy, joyance, joyfulness, kakotopia, kingdom come, kitchen garden, land of dreams, land of enchantment, land of faerie, land of plenty, land of promise, library, loge, lotus land, market garden, millennium, museum, national forest, national park, nigger heaven, nirvana, orchestra, orchestra circle, ornamental garden, overhappiness, overjoyfulness, park, parquet, parquet circle, parterre, peanut gallery, pinetum, pit, pleasance, pleasure garden, pleasure ground, preserve, promised land, proscenium boxes, public park, rapture, ravishment, reservation, reserve, rock garden, roof garden, sanctuary, seventh heaven, shrubbery, stall, standing room, state forest, store, sunken garden, sunshine, tea garden, theatre stall, transport, truck garden, unalloyed happiness, utopia, vegetable garden, victory garden, vinery, vineyard, wilderness preserve, wildlife preserve, wonderland
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "Paradise": Beulah, Beulah Land, Heaven, Land of Beulah, a better place, afterlife, afterworld, better world, destiny, eternal home, eternity, fate, future state, glory, happy hunting ground, heaven above, heavenly kingdom, high heaven, home, kingdom come, kingdom of God, kingdom of glory, kingdom of heaven, life after death, life to come, next world, otherworld, postexistence, presence of God, realm of light, the Promised Land, the beyond, the good hereafter, the grave, the great beyond, the great hereafter, the happy land, the hereafter, the unknown, the world above, what bodes, what is fated, world to come
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Paradise Paradise is a subsystem (a set of packages) developed to implement inter-processes, inter-tasks and inter-machine communication for Ada programs under Unix. This subsystem gives the user full access to files, pipes, sockets (both Unix and Internet) and pseudo-devices. Paradise has been ported to Sun, DEC, Sony MIPS, Verdex compiler, DEC compiler, Alsys/Systeam compiler. Version 2.0 of the library (ftp://cnam.cnam.fr/pub/Ada/Paradise). E-mail: . (1992-09-30)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Paradise a Persian word (pardes), properly meaning a "pleasure-ground" or "park" or "king's garden." (See EDEN.) It came in course of time to be used as a name for the world of happiness and rest hereafter (Luke 23:43; 2 Cor. 12:4; Rev. 2:7). For "garden" in Gen. 2:8 the LXX. has "paradise."
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Paradise, MT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Montana Population (2000): 184 Housing Units (2000): 103 Land area (2000): 0.239980 sq. miles (0.621545 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.239980 sq. miles (0.621545 sq. km) FIPS code: 56425 Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30 Location: 47.388097 N, 114.800723 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Paradise, MT Paradise
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Paradise, NV -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Nevada Population (2000): 186070 Housing Units (2000): 85398 Land area (2000): 47.138412 sq. miles (122.087922 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 47.138412 sq. miles (122.087922 sq. km) FIPS code: 54600 Located within: Nevada (NV), FIPS 32 Location: 36.082073 N, 115.124654 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Paradise, NV Paradise
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Paradise, CA -- U.S. town in California Population (2000): 26408 Housing Units (2000): 12374 Land area (2000): 18.249112 sq. miles (47.264982 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000422 sq. miles (0.001092 sq. km) Total area (2000): 18.249534 sq. miles (47.266074 sq. km) FIPS code: 55520 Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06 Location: 39.761708 N, 121.608716 W ZIP Codes (1990): 95969 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Paradise, CA Paradise
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Paradise, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 1028 Housing Units (2000): 386 Land area (2000): 1.132943 sq. miles (2.934308 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.029187 sq. miles (0.075595 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.162130 sq. miles (3.009903 sq. km) FIPS code: 57840 Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42 Location: 40.009469 N, 76.124781 W ZIP Codes (1990): 17562 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Paradise, PA Paradise
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Paradise, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 64 Housing Units (2000): 36 Land area (2000): 0.254176 sq. miles (0.658313 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.254176 sq. miles (0.658313 sq. km) FIPS code: 54325 Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20 Location: 39.115445 N, 98.917428 W ZIP Codes (1990): 67658 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Paradise, KS Paradise
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Paradise, TX -- U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 459 Housing Units (2000): 184 Land area (2000): 1.988793 sq. miles (5.150949 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.988793 sq. miles (5.150949 sq. km) FIPS code: 55056 Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48 Location: 33.150683 N, 97.688311 W ZIP Codes (1990): 76073 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Paradise, TX Paradise
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Paradise, UT -- U.S. town in Utah Population (2000): 759 Housing Units (2000): 231 Land area (2000): 1.109917 sq. miles (2.874672 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.109917 sq. miles (2.874672 sq. km) FIPS code: 57850 Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49 Location: 41.567540 N, 111.833980 W ZIP Codes (1990): 84328 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Paradise, UT Paradise