PROMISED LAND Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the phrase promised land. (close relations)
Definition of PROMISED LAND
Best Alternative Words for PROMISED LAND
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heaven | nounn | |||||||
noun • a place regarded by various beliefs as the abode of their deities; also a place where good people are believed to go after death • any place of complete bliss and delight and peace | ||||||||
paradise | nounn | |||||||
noun • (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death • any place of complete bliss and delight and peace | ||||||||
shangri-la | nounn | |||||||
noun • any place of complete bliss and delight and peace | ||||||||
elysium | nounn | |||||||
noun • a place or condition of ideal happiness • (Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death | ||||||||
utopia | nounn | |||||||
noun • a book written by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island • ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects • an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal • a work of fiction describing a utopia | ||||||||
canaan | nounn | |||||||
noun • an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism | ||||||||
eden | nounn | |||||||
noun • any place of complete bliss and delight and peace • a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man) | ||||||||
nirvana | nounn | |||||||
noun • (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness • any place of complete bliss and delight and peace | ||||||||
palestine | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948 • an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism | ||||||||
holy land | nounn | |||||||
noun • an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism |