Marriage is made in heaven.
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Heaven
/ˈhɛvən/
Synonyms for "heaven" (300 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (60)
a better placeacheronacmeaerial heightsafterlifeafterworldagapemoneage of aquariusairalmighty godalpha and omegaapexapogeearcadiaatroposavalonazurebeatificationbeatitudebewitchment
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beyondbig rock-candy mountainblessednessblissblissfulnessblueblue skybrowcaelumcaeluscanaancanopycanopy of heavencapceruleancheercheerfulnesscivitas deiclimaxclothocloud ninecloudcuckoolandcloudlandcockaignecontentmentcopecrestcrownculmenculminationdame fortunedecumadeity
Strong matches (90)
delectationdelightdemiourgosdemiurgedestinydizzy heightsdreamlanddystopiaecstasyecstaticsedenedgeelationeldoradoelevationelysiumeminenceempyreanenchantmentera of prosperity
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erewhoneternal homeeternityetherexaltationexhilarationextreme limitextremityexuberancefaeriefair weatherfairylandfatafatefatesfelicityfirmamentfortunafuture stategaietygarden of edengladnessgleeglorygodgod almightygoddessgolden agegolden eragolden timegood timesgoshenhalcyon dayshappinesshappy hunting groundhappy valleyheavensheightheightshellhereafterheydayhigh noonhigh spiritshighest pitchhighest pointhomehyalinei amintoxicationjehovahjordanjoyjoyancejoyfulnesskakotopiaking of kingskingdomkingdom comelachesisland of dreams
Related words (150)
land of enchantmentland of faerieland of plentyland of promiseland of youthlaputalife after deathlife to comeliftliftslimitlordlord of hostslord of lordslotus landmaximummeridianmillenniummoiraimorta
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mountaintopne plus ultranever-never landnever-never-landneverlandnew atlantisnext worldnirvanano place highernonanoonnornsolympian heightsomnipotenceomniscienceotherworldoverhappinessoverjoyfulnesspalmy dayspandemoniumparadiseparcaepeakpinnaclepiping timespitchpointpolepostexistencepromised landprosperityprovidencequiviraraiseraptureravishmentreign of saturnrhapsodyridgeriserising groundriver of deathrosy erasaturnia regnasaturnian ageseventh heavenshangri lashangri-laskuldskyspirestarry heavensteepstratospherestygian shorestyxsummitsunshinethe absolutethe absolute beingthe all-holythe all-knowingthe all-mercifulthe all-powerfulthe all-wisethe almightythe beyondthe bluethe blue serenethe creatorthe deitythe divinitythe eternalthe eternal beingthe first causethe good hereafterthe gravethe great beyondthe great hereafterthe hereafterthe infinitethe infinite spiritthe makerthe omnipotentthe omniscientthe preserverthe supreme beingthe supreme soulthe unknowntiptip toptip-toptoptransporttycheunalloyed happinessunknownupmostupper extremityuppermostupriseurdurutmostutopiavalhallavantage groundvantage pointvaultvault of heavenvertexverthandivery topweird sistersweirdswelkinwhat bodeswhat is fatedwonderlandworld to comezenithzion
Adjective(1 words)
nonphysical world
Noun(7 words)
Proper Noun(1 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: firmament, nirvana, paradise, sky, a better place.
- Sentence evidence is available for heaven, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, opengloss, wordnet, moby, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "heaven".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "heaven"
Keep "heaven" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "heaven" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "heaven", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "heaven" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
13 entriesatmosphereemotional stateexclamationfictitious placeimaginary placeinterjectionmental statemythical placepartplacerealmregionspace
More specific
13 entriesCollocations
11 entriescelestial spherefor heaven's sakeheaven aboveheaven and earthheaven knowsheavenly hostheavenly realmheavens aboveheavenward gazeoh heaventhe heavens
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesTranslations
149 translations across 103 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- pjetë noun (sky)
- qiell noun (sky)
Amharic
1 entries- ሰማይ noun (sky)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- οὐρανός noun (sky)
Ao
1 entries- kotak (Chungli) noun (sky)
Arabic
2 entries- سَمَاء noun (sky)
- فَلَك noun (sky)
Aramaic
2 entries- שְׁמַיָּא noun (sky)
- ܫܡܝܐ noun (sky)
Armenian
1 entries- երկինք noun (sky)
Asturian
1 entries- cielu noun (sky)
Bashkir
1 entries- күк noun (sky)
Bengali
3 entries- আকাশ noun (sky)
- আসমান noun (sky)
- স্বর্গ noun (sky)
Bulgarian
1 entries- небе́ noun (sky)
Burmese
1 entries- ကောင်းကင် noun (sky)
Catalan
1 entries- cel noun (sky)
Cebuano
1 entries- langit noun (sky)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ئاسمان noun (sky)
Chechen
1 entries- стигал noun (sky)
Chichewa
1 entries- mlengalenga noun (sky)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 天空 noun (sky)
Church Slavic
2 entries- небо noun (sky)
- ⱀⰵⰱⱁ noun (sky)
Czech
2 entries- nebe noun (sky)
- obloha noun (sky)
Dalmatian
1 entries- cil noun (sky)
Danish
1 entries- himmel noun (sky)
Dutch
4 entries- firmament noun (sky)
- hemel noun (sky)
- lucht noun (sky)
- uitspansel noun (sky)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĉielo noun (sky)
Estonian
1 entries- taevas noun (sky)
Finnish
1 entries- taivas noun (sky)
French
1 entries- ciel noun (sky)
Friulian
2 entries- cîl noun (sky)
- paradîs noun (sky)
Galician
1 entries- ceo noun (sky)
Georgian
1 entries- ზეცა noun (sky)
German
2 entries- Firmament noun (sky)
- Himmel noun (sky)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (sky)
Greek
2 entries- ουράνια noun (sky)
- ουρανός noun (sky)
Hawaiian
1 entries- lani noun (sky)
Hebrew
1 entries- שָׁמַיִם noun (sky)
Higaonon
1 entries- langit noun (sky)
Hindi
4 entries- अम्बर noun (sky)
- आकाश noun (sky)
- गगन noun (sky)
- व्योम noun (sky)
Hungarian
3 entries- mennybolt noun (sky)
- ég noun (sky)
- égbolt noun (sky)
Ido
1 entries- cielo noun (sky)
Indonesian
1 entries- langit noun (sky)
Ingrian
1 entries- taivas noun (sky)
Interlingua
1 entries- celo noun (sky)
Isoko
1 entries- idedeghe noun (sky)
Italian
1 entries- cielo noun (sky)
Japanese
2 entries- 天 noun (sky)
- 空 noun (sky)
Kashubian
1 entries- niebò noun (sky)
Kazakh
1 entries- аспан noun (sky)
Korean
1 entries- 하늘 noun (sky)
Latin
1 entries- caelum noun (sky)
Latvian
1 entries- debesis noun (sky)
Lingala
1 entries- likoló noun (sky)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dangus noun (sky)
Low German
1 entries- Heven noun (sky)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- njebjo noun (sky)
Macedonian
2 entries- небеса noun (sky)
- небо noun (sky)
Malagasy
1 entries- lanitra noun (sky)
Maltese
2 entries- sema noun (sky)
- ġenna noun (sky)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠠᠪᡴᠠ noun (sky)
Massachusett
2 entries- kesuck noun (sky)
- kéesuck noun (sky)
Middle English
2 entries- hevene noun (sky)
- welken noun (sky)
Mongolian
1 entries- тэнгэр noun (sky)
Māori
1 entries- rangi noun (sky)
Navajo
1 entries- wótʼááh noun (sky)
Norn
1 entries- Chimeri noun (sky)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- asîman noun (sky)
- ezman noun (sky)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- himmel noun (sky)
- himmel noun (sky)
- sky noun (sky)
- sky noun (sky)
Occitan
1 entries- cèl noun (sky)
Ojibwe
2 entries- giizhig noun (sky)
- giizhigoon noun (sky)
Old Galician-Portuguese
1 entries- ceo noun (sky)
Old Turkic
1 entries- 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 noun (sky)
Pashto
1 entries- هسک noun (sky)
Persian
3 entries- آسمان noun (sky)
- سپهر noun (sky)
- گرزمان noun (sky)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Himmel noun (sky)
Polabian
1 entries- nebü noun (sky)
Polish
1 entries- niebo noun (sky)
Portuguese
1 entries- céu noun (sky)
Romanian
1 entries- cer noun (sky)
Russian
2 entries- не́бо noun (sky)
- небеса́ noun (sky)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Heemel noun (sky)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- speur noun (sky)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nebesa noun (sky)
- nȅbo noun (sky)
- не̏бо noun (sky)
- небеса noun (sky)
Slovak
1 entries- nebo noun (sky)
Slovene
2 entries- nebo noun (sky)
- nébes noun (sky)
Spanish
2 entries- cielo noun (sky)
- firmamento noun (sky)
Swabian
1 entries- Hemmel noun (sky)
Swahili
1 entries- mbingu noun (sky)
Swedish
2 entries- himmel noun (sky)
- sky noun (sky)
Tagalog
2 entries- kalangitan noun (sky)
- langit noun (sky)
Thai
1 entries- ฟ้า noun (sky)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ሰማይ noun (sky)
Tumbuka
2 entries- macanya noun (sky)
- mlengalenga noun (sky)
Turkish
2 entries- gök noun (sky)
- gökyüzü noun (sky)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎌𐎎𐎎 noun (sky)
Ukrainian
1 entries- не́бо noun (sky)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- njebjo noun (sky)
Urdu
3 entries- آسمان noun (sky)
- آکاش noun (sky)
- گگن noun (sky)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trời noun (sky)
Welsh
1 entries- wybr noun (sky)
West-Frisian
1 entries- himel noun (sky)
Yiddish
2 entries- הימל noun (sky)
- שמים noun (sky)
Yucatec Maya
1 entries- kaʼan noun (sky)
Zazaki
4 entries- azmin (diq) noun (sky)
- gırazmin noun (sky)
- sapar noun (sky)
- sema (diq) noun (sky)
Zulu
1 entries- izulu noun (sky)
Sample sentences
80 total sentences available.
Marriages are made in heaven.
Source: tatoeba (25864)
How can I get to heaven?
Source: tatoeba (38602)
For the love of Heaven, don't get angry.
Source: tatoeba (64701)
Showing 4 of 80 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "heaven"?
Closest matches include firmament, nirvana, paradise, sky, a better place.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "heaven"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.