great beyond
Where souls go
The great beyond is whatever lies after death—heaven, the afterlife, or simply the unknown realm of the deceased.
The phrase typically appears with the definite article: She's gone to the great beyond.
It can be used solemnly or with light irony, softening direct talk of death.
Complete system or domain
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- vastnessState of being immense
- starsLuminous celestial bodies
celestial · space · void · unknown · exploration · frontier · mystery · expanse
Sky or bliss
- paradiseIdeal, blissful place
- eternityBoundless temporal existence
- soulInnermost animating essence
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
crossing over · otherworld · hereafter · nirvana · purgatory · limbo · reincarnation · resurrection
universe
Complete system or domain
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- vastnessState of being immense
stars · celestial · space · void · unknown · exploration · frontier · mystery · expanse · boundless
heaven
Sky or bliss
spirit · crossing over · otherworld · hereafter · nirvana · purgatory · limbo · reincarnation · resurrection · salvation
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
- Mythic RealmsAsgard, Avalon, Elysium, Hades, Valhalla
- UnderworldHades, Tartarus, netherworld, Sheol, Styx
- otherworldsotherworld, spirit world, spirit realm, higher plane, hereafter
- Heavenparadise, pearly gates, eternal life, kingdom of heaven, New Jerusalem
- eternityeternity, everlasting, eternal, timeless, perpetuity
great beyondthis world
earthly realm · the here and now · physical world · mortal realm · mortal coil
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