Meanings
nounrose garden (plural rose gardens)
plural rose gardens · alternative rosegarden · alternative rose-garden
- idiomaticA highly desirable situation.
Near-synonyms: Garden of Eden, earthly paradise, paradise
1 more example
I beg your pardon, / I never promised you a rose garden. / Along with the sunshine, / There's gotta be a little rain sometimes
1969, Joe South, “Rose Garden”Synonyms: Garden of Eden, earthly paradise, paradise
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA highly desirable situation.
Translations
Ancient Greek ῥοδεών
- ῥοδεών (rhodeṓn)garden planted in roses
Danish rosenhave
- rosenhavegarden planted in roses
Dutch rozentuin
- rozentuingarden planted in roses
Finnish ruusutarha, ruusutarha
- ruusutarhagarden planted in roses
- ruusutarhahighly desirable situation
French roseraie
- roseraiegarden planted in roses
German Rosengarten, Rosarium
- Rosengartengarden planted in roses
- Rosariumgarden planted in roses
Greek ροδόκηπος, ροδώνας
- ροδόκηπος (rodókipos)garden planted in roses
- ροδώνας (rodónas)garden planted in roses
Icelandic rósagarður
- rósagarðurgarden planted in roses
Italian roseto
- rosetogarden planted in roses
Japanese 薔薇園
- 薔薇園 (baraen)garden planted in roses
Latin rosētum
- rosētumgarden planted in roses
Persian گلزار
- گلزار (golzâr)garden planted in roses
Polish rosarium
- rosariumgarden planted in roses
Portuguese roseiral
- roseiralgarden planted in roses
Romanian grădină de trandafiri
- grădină de trandafirigarden planted in roses
Spanish rosal, rosaleda
- rosalgarden planted in roses
- rosaledagarden planted in roses
Turkish gül bahçesi, gülistan
- gül bahçesigarden planted in roses
- gülistangarden planted in roses
- gülistanhighly desirable situation
- güllük gülistanlıkhighly desirable situation
Ukrainian роза́рій
- роза́рій (rozárij)garden planted in roses
Cite this entry
APA
rose garden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rose%20garden
MLA
“rose garden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rose%20garden. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rose garden,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rose%20garden.
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