Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nirvana

2 senses of nirvana

Sense 1
nirvana, enlightenment -- ((Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness)
       => blessedness, beatitude, beatification -- (a state of supreme happiness)

Sense 2
Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la -- (any place of complete bliss and delight and peace)
       => region, part -- (the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space")