seventh heaven
noun
: a state of extreme joy
Synonyms
- cloud nine
- ecstasy
- elatedness
- elation
- euphoria
- exhilaration
- heaven
- high
- intoxication
- paradise
- rapture
- rhapsody
- swoon
- transport
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Example Sentences
she was in seventh heaven when she received the acceptance letter to medical school
Recent Examples on the Web With a division title almost cinched and his old pal La Russa in the Sox dugout, Reinsdorf should be in seventh heaven. 
Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2021 Your sixth sense — the one beyond sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell — may be leading you to seventh heaven, the very height of happiness. Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019 Two incomplete passes later, Shurmur sent in the play that will forever be remembered around here: Buffalo right, seventh heaven. Bob Brookover, Philly.com, 14 Jan. 2018
Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2021 Your sixth sense — the one beyond sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell — may be leading you to seventh heaven, the very height of happiness. Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019 Two incomplete passes later, Shurmur sent in the play that will forever be remembered around here: Buffalo right, seventh heaven. Bob Brookover, Philly.com, 14 Jan. 2018 Word History
Etymology
from the seventh being the highest of the seven heavens of Islamic and cabalist doctrine
First Known Use
1786, in the meaning defined above
seventh heaven
noun
as in cloud nine
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion she was in seventh heaven when she received the acceptance letter to medical school Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- cloud nine
- heaven
- ecstasy
- high
- elatedness
- joy
- happiness
- joyfulness
- paradise
- intoxication
- euphoria
- frenzy
- transport
- rapture
- pleasure
- exhilaration
- trance
- elation
- rhapsody
- swoon
- bliss
- delight
- blissfulness
- exaltation
- cheerfulness
- madness
- cheer
- glee
- joyousness
- gladness
- blessedness
- enchantment
- inspiration
- felicity
- reverie
- fervor
- exuberance
- jubilation
- jubilance
- lightheartedness
- gaiety
- gleefulness
- passion
- gayety
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- depression
- sadness
- misery
- woe
- unhappiness
- wretchedness
- despair
- blues
- melancholy
- gloom
- dumps
- dejection
- disconsolateness
- dispiritedness
- doldrums
- desolation
- dreariness
- despondency
- gloominess
- downheartedness
- heartsickness
- disheartenment
- mopes
- forlornness