Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
heaven (noun)1.
the expanse of space that seems to be over the earth like a dome - firmament usually used in plural
2.
a) often capitalized the dwelling place of the Deity and the blessed dead
b) a spiritual state of everlasting communion with God
3.
capitalized - god
4.
a place or condition of utmost happiness
5.
Christian Science a state of thought in which sin is absent and the harmony of divine Mind is manifest
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
heaven (noun)1.
a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death
SYNONIMS:
above, bliss, elysian fields, Elysium, empyrean, kingdom come, New Jerusalem, paradise, sky, Zion ( Sion)RELATED WORDS:
Beulah, glory, happy hunting ground, nirvana, promised land, Valhalla; afterlife, afterworld, hereafter, otherworldNEAR ANTONYMS:
inferno; limbo, purgatory; hades, netherworld, underworld; abyss, pit2.
an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness
SYNONIMS:
Camelot, Cockaigne, Eden, Elysium, empyrean, fantasyland, heaven, lotusland, never-never land, New Jerusalem, nirvana, promised land, Shangri-la, utopia, Zion ( Sion)RELATED WORDS:
arcadia; dreamland, dreamworld, fairyland, wonderland; blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, euphoria, gladness, joyNEAR ANTONYMS:
fool's paradise3.
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
SYNONIMS:
cloud nine, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, heaven, high, intoxication, paradise, rapture, rhapsody, seventh heaven, swoon, transportRELATED WORDS:
exaltation; blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, delight, enchantment, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, pleasure; reverie, trance; inspiration; fervor, frenzy, madness, passion; cheer, cheerfulness, exuberance, gaiety ( gayety), glee, gleefulness, jubilance, jubilation, lightheartednessNEAR ANTONYMS:
misery, sadness, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness; blues, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, heartsickness, melancholy, mopesArray
the expanse of air surrounding the earth
SYNONIMS:
blue, firmament, heaven(s), high, welkinRELATED WORDS:
midair; horizon, skyline