Definition

Proper noun 1. A paradisiacal garden in the biblical creation story: The "Garden of Eden" is the idyllic garden created by God as the first home for Adam and Eve, the first humans. It is depicted as a place of perfection, innocence, and harmony between humanity and nature before the introduction of sin.

Examples of Usage

• Proper noun:
  • According to the Book of Genesis, the Garden of Eden contained the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
  • The story describes how Adam and Eve lived in blissful innocence in the Garden of Eden.

Advanced Usage

• Used metaphorically to describe a place of pristine beauty, innocence, or ideal happiness.
  • The secluded valley, untouched by tourism, was like a modern Garden of Eden.
  • He described his childhood summers at his grandparents' farm as a personal Garden of Eden.

Variants and Related Words

• Eden (Proper noun): A common shortened form or synonym for the Garden of Eden, carrying the same metaphorical meanings.
  • The artist's painting depicted an imagined landscape of Eden.
• Paradise (Noun): A term often used interchangeably with the Garden of Eden to mean a place of supreme happiness and beauty.
  • The tropical island was a paradise for the weary travelers.

Synonyms

• Paradise
• Shangri-La (a fictional utopian place, used in a similar metaphorical sense)

Related Idioms and Phrases

• A Garden of Eden: Used as a descriptive phrase to label any place perceived as perfectly beautiful, peaceful, and innocent.
  • The conservationists fought to protect the forest, calling it a Garden of Eden that must be preserved.

Noun

1. 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)