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heavenly

adj · adv · name · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /ˈhɛvənli/
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 V AH0 N L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: lifestyle, religion

Examples

  • Heavenly Father, I come to You as Your child, kicking and screaming.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: celestial, celest, otherworldly, ethereal, empyreal, empyrean, etheric, transcendental, sublime, spiritual, eternal, blessed, devoutful, divine, hallowed, heavenly, holy, godly, sacred, sanctimonious, ageful, agelong, amaranthine, endless, enduring, eterne, everduring, evergreen, everlasting, eviternal, forever, imperishable, indesinent, lasting, never-ending, perennial, permanent, perpetual, perpetuate, persistent, sempiternal, timeless, unending, undeadly, undying

Antonyms: earthly, worldly, worldy, terrestrial, material, mundane, sublunar, sublunary, profane, temporal, unheavenly, areligious, civil, irreligious, laicist, laicistic, nonreligious, secular, unconsecrated, unsanctified, common, impious, impure, mishallowed, unhallowed, unholy, ephemeral, brief, deciduous, evanescent, fleeting, flying, fugacious, fugitive, instant, momentary, passing, perishable, quick, seasonable, short, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitive, transitory, volatile, whilend

2

adj

Meaning 2

Synonym of celestial: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The other heavenly bodies are primarily controlled by the attractive force of the Sun.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: celestial

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Strongly or sublimely good, beautiful, or pleasurable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • Oh, that's absolutely heavenly. Gimme some more.
  • 1817, Charles Phillips (author-editor), Speech in the Case of O′Mullan v. M′Korkill, The Speeches of Charles Phillips, page 131, No doubt, you have all personally considered — no doubt, you have all personally experienced, that of all the blessings which it has pleased Providence to allow us to cultivate, there is not one which breathes a purer fragrance, or bears an heavenlier aspect than education.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: paradisal, paradisaical, paradisaic, paradisic, acceptable, agreeable, all right, amazing, as fine as Dick's hatband, awesome, beatific, bene, blissful, bodacious, bona, brilliant, celestial, commendable, cool, dandy as candy, decent, delightful, divine, enjoyable, excellent, exceptional, fabulous, fantastic, fine, goated, goloptious, good as wheat in the bin, gratifying, great, heavenlike, heavenly, incredible, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, neat, nice, not bad, outstanding, perfect, phenomenal, pleasant, pleasing, positive, rad, radical, right as rain, satisfying, solid, splendid, stellar, stupendous, super, superb, sweet, sweet as a nut, terrific, tubular, well, wicked, wonderful, wondrous, based, beat, bewildering, enchanting, extraordinary, fantabulosa, fantabulous, fascinating, finger-lickin' good, frabjous, grandeur, grandiose, grand, impressive, inspiring, lovely jubbly, majestic, major, marvellous/marvelous, mirandous, mystifying, selly, stupefying, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, unbelievable, wild, luxurious, ace, admirable, awe-inspiring, badass, bang on, bang-up, studly, beneship, bitching, bomb, bully, cher, choice, chronic, chur, cock on, copacetic, crackerjack, cushty, dank, def, dope, epic, exemplary, exquisite, fab, fierce, fire, fireball, first-rate, fly, glorious, gnarly, grouse, immaculate, impeccable, kick-ass, kicking, killer, lash, lautitious, lit, nang, out of sight, phat, peak, peng, pog, poggers, priceless, pukka, quality, remarkable, rum, sensational, sick, slap-up, slick, spectacular, spiffing, spot on, sterling, stunning, superior, swell, tight, top, top-drawer, top-hole, top-notch, top-of-the-range, top-shelf, topping, tuff, well-done, wicked pissah, worldie, astounding, awful, awesomesauce, far out, hellagood, goshwow, groovy, marvellous, mythic, powerful, righteous, selcouth, splendent, sublime, surpassing, unreal

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Alternative letter-case form of heavenly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adv

Meaning 5

In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adv

Meaning 6

To a degree such as to elicit great pleasure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

name

Meaning 7

A female given name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective

Meaning 8

of or belonging to heaven or god

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: earthly

9

adjective

Meaning 9

relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • celestial beings
  • heavenly hosts

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: celestial

Antonyms: none provided

10

adjective

Meaning 10

of or relating to the sky

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • celestial map
  • a heavenly body

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: celestial

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English hevenely, hevenly, from Old English heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial, chaste”), equivalent to heaven + -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon himillīk (“heavenly”), Middle Dutch himellec, hemellijc (“heavenly”), Middle High German himmellich (“heavenly”).

See heavenly. Equivalent to Heaven + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: hyjnor — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Albanian: hyjnore — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Arabic: سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Armenian: երկնային (erknayin) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Belarusian: нябе́сны (njabjésny) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Bengali: জান্নাতী (jannati) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Central Bikol: langitnon — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Bulgarian: небе́сен (nebésen) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Catalan: celestial — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天堂的 (tiāntáng de) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天的 (tiān de) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天國的 /天国的 (tiānguó de) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Czech: nebeský — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Danish: himmelsk — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Dutch: hemels — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Esperanto: ĉiela — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Faroese: himmalskur — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Finnish: taivaallinen — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Finnish: taivas- — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • French: céleste — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Middle French: celeste — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Old French: celeste — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Galician: celeste — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Georgian: ზეციური (zeciuri) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • German: himmlisch — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (himinakunds) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Greek: ουράνιος (ouránios) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Ancient Greek: οὐράνιος (ouránios) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Ancient Greek: ἐπουράνιος (epouránios) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Ancient Greek: δῖος (dîos) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Hebrew: שְׁמֵימִי (shmemí) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Hindi: दिव्य (divya) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Hindi: दैवीय (daivīya) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Hindi: अलौकिक (alaukik) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Hindi: स्वर्गीय (svargīya) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Hungarian: mennyei — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Hungarian: égi — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Irish: neamhaí — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Istriot: cialieste — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Italian: divino — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Italian: celeste — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Japanese: 天国の. 天の (tengoku no) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Korean: 천국의 (cheon'gug-ui) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Korean: 하늘의 (haneur-ui) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Latin: caelestis — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Macedonian: небесен (nebesen) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Malay: syurga — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Malay: samawi — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Maltese: ċelestjali — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Middle English: hevenely — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Norwegian Bokmål: himmelsk — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Old Occitan: celestial — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Polish: niebiański — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Portuguese: celestial — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Portuguese: celeste — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Punjabi: ਅਸਮਾਨੀ (asamānī) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Romanian: ceresc — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Russian: небе́сный (nebésnyj) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Sanskrit: दिव्य (divya) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Serbo-Croatian: небѐскӣ — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Serbo-Croatian: nebèskī — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Slovak: nebeský — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Slovene: nebeški — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Slovene: nebesen — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Spanish: celestial — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Spanish: celeste — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Spanish: empíreo — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Spanish: célico — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Sranan Tongo: heimel — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Sranan Tongo: heimelkondre — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Swedish: himmelsk — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Tagalog: makalangit — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Turkish: kutsal — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Turkish: tanrısal — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Turkish: semavi — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Ukrainian: небе́сний (nebésnyj) — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Vietnamese: thiên đường — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Welsh: nefol — of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
  • Bulgarian: блаже́н (blažén) — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • Esperanto: ĉiela — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • Finnish: taivaallinen — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • German: himmlisch — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • Greek: ουράνιος (ouránios) — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • Greek: παραδεισένιος (paradeisénios) — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • Hindi: अलौकिक (alaukik) — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • Hungarian: mennyei — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • Ido: cielala — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • Italian: divino — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • Middle English: hevenely — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • Polish: niebiański — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • Russian: восхити́тельный (vosxitítelʹnyj) — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • Russian: очарова́тельный (očarovátelʹnyj) — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • Russian: боже́ственный (božéstvennyj) — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • Turkish: cennet gibi — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • Turkish: eşsiz — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
  • Vietnamese: tuyệt trần — extremely beautiful or pleasurable
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