eden

C2+ Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˈidən/ UK /ˈiːdən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a place of unspoiled happiness or delight

The hidden valley felt like an untouched eden.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a place of unspoiled... paradise heaven utopia arcadia elysium nirvana

Opposites

hell inferno wasteland

Word family

Derived forms edenic

Etymology

From the biblical Garden of Eden, via Latin and Greek Edēn from Hebrew ʿĒḏen, traditionally connected with a word meaning 'delight, pleasure'; possibly also influenced by Sumerian edin ('plain, steppe').

ʿĒḏen Hebrew

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Topics

Places & Geography

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# eden

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈidən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈiːdən/

## Meanings
1. a place of unspoiled happiness or delight

## Examples
- The hidden valley felt like an untouched eden.

## Synonyms
- paradise
- heaven
- utopia
- arcadia
- elysium
- nirvana

## Antonyms
- hell
- inferno
- wasteland

## Derived Forms
- edenic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ʿĒḏen

## Etymology
From the biblical Garden of Eden, via Latin and Greek Edēn from Hebrew ʿĒḏen, traditionally connected with a word meaning 'delight, pleasure'; possibly also influenced by Sumerian edin ('plain, steppe').

## AI Etymology
Eden is from the biblical Garden of Eden, via Latin and Greek Edēn from Hebrew ʿĒḏen, traditionally connected with a word meaning 'delight, pleasure'; possibly also influenced by Sumerian edin ('plain, steppe'). The immediate etymological form is Hebrew ʿĒḏen. In present use as a noun, it means "a place of unspoiled happiness or delight", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Derived forms include edenic. Its contrast set includes hell, inferno, and wasteland, which clarifies the semantic boundary of the modern word.

## Topics
- Places & Geography

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