Boon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A benefit bestowed, especially one bestowed in response to a request.
  • n. A timely blessing or benefit: A brisk breeze is a boon to sailors.
  • adj. Convivial; jolly: a boon companion to all.
  • adj. Archaic Favorable.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A prayer; petition.
  • n. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a favour; benefaction; a grant; a present.
  • n. A good; a blessing or benefit; a great privilege; a thing to be thankful for.
  • n. An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
  • adj. good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage"
  • adj. kind; bountiful; benign
  • adj. gay; merry; jovial; convivial
  • n. The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A prayer or petition.
  • n. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.
  • adj. Good; prosperous.
  • adj. Kind; bountiful; benign.
  • adj. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
  • n. The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A prayer; a petition.
  • n. That which is asked; a favor; a thing desired; a benefaction.
  • n. Hence A good; a benefit enjoyed; a blessing; a great privilege; a thing to be thankful for.
  • n. An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
  • To do gratuitous service to another, as a tenant to a landlord.
  • n. The refuse stalk of hemp or flax after the fiber has been removed by retting and breaking.
  • Good: as, boon cheer.
  • Favorable; fortunate; prosperous: as, a boon voyage.
  • Kind; bounteous; yielding abundance: as, “nature boon,”
  • Gay; merry; jolly; jovial; convivial: as, a boon companion; “jocund and boon,”
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a desirable state
  • adj. very close and convivial
  • Equivalent
    close   
    Antonym
    bane   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gift    benefaction    grant    present    good    prosperous    kind    bountiful    benign    gay   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bethune    Boone    Calhoun    June    Karun    Kuhn    Moon    Noone    Rangoon    Sassoon   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bless    concession    favors    privilege    birthright    prerogative    endowment    reward    consolation    treasure