land of promise
Dreamed-of better place
A land of promise is a place where better conditions are expected—prosperity, freedom, opportunity.
The phrase echoes the biblical Promised Land, Canaan, which God pledged to the Israelites.
Any destination holding hope for a better future qualifies: For immigrants, America was the land of promise.
The term can be used ironically when expectations go unmet.
Western superpower nation
- New WorldWestern Hemisphere landmasses
- Ellis IslandHistoric immigrant processing center
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
settlement · pioneer · frontier · homestead · refuge · asylum · shores · passage
Ancient Palestinian region
- IsraelMiddle Eastern nation
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- MosesHebrew prophet, liberator
Israelites · Jordan · milk and honey · Zion · Abraham · pilgrimage · deliverance · prophecy
Ample supply, overflowing
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- bountyReward for capture
plenty · flourishing · growth · success · riches · affluence · thriving · golden
America
Western superpower nation
- New WorldWestern Hemisphere landmasses
- Ellis IslandHistoric immigrant processing center
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
emigration · settlement · pioneer · frontier · homestead · refuge · asylum · shores · passage · newcomer
Canaan
Ancient Palestinian region
Moses · Israelites · Jordan · milk and honey · Zion · Abraham · pilgrimage · deliverance · prophecy · testament
abundance
Ample supply, overflowing
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- fortuneWealth or destiny
bounty · plenty · flourishing · growth · success · riches · affluence · thriving · golden · fertile
dream
Sleeping mind's narrative
destiny · future · potential · quest · pursuit · goal · expectation · optimism · faith · yearning
paradise
Ideal, blissful place
idyll · perfection · harmony · bliss · serenity · utopian · idealism · halcyon · tranquility · shalom
- LDS ScriptureBook of Mormon, Bible, quad, scriptures, articles of faith
land of promisedead end
Passage without outlet
vale of tears · purgatory · wasteland · hellhole · nowhere
land of promisewasteland
Uninhabitable barren region
desolation · wilderness · hellhole · slum · backwater
land, lands, landed, landing, landings, landlord, landowner, landscape, landless