eden

Other forms of eden

plural

edens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eden

What does eden mean?

eden means "any place of complete bliss and delight and peace". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eden?

eden has 2 syllables: e-den. The stress falls on "e". In IPA it is /ˈidən/.

What is another word for eden?

Close synonyms include paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eden a common word?

eden is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.