Synonyms for blessing
ˈblɛs ɪŋ

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1. blessing, approval, approving(noun)

   the formal act of approving

   "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person"

   Synonyms:
   approval, approving, thanksgiving, commendation, benediction, favourable reception, favorable reception, grace, boon

2. blessing, boon(noun)

   a desirable state

   "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors"

   Synonyms:
   benediction, grace, thanksgiving, approval, boon, approving

3. grace, blessing, thanksgiving(noun)

   a short prayer of thanks before a meal

   "their youngest son said grace"

   Synonyms:
   approval, gracility, thanksgiving, state of grace, good will, saving grace, boon, free grace, grace, benediction, approving, grace of God, goodwill, seemliness

4. benediction, blessing(noun)

   a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection

   Synonyms:
   benediction, approving, grace, thanksgiving, approval, boon

5. blessing, benediction(noun)

   the act of praying for divine protection

   Synonyms:
   benediction, grace, thanksgiving, approval, boon, approving

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1. blessing(noun)

   Antonyms:
   curse

2. blessing(noun)

   Antonyms:
   curse

3. blessing(noun)

   Antonyms:
   curse

4. blessing(noun)

   Antonyms:
   curse

5. blessing(noun)

   Antonyms:
   curse

6. blessing(noun)

   We will not proceed without the executive director's blessing.

   Antonyms:
   curse

7. blessing(noun)

   Antonyms:
   curse

8. blessing(noun)

   Antonyms:
   curse

9. blessing(noun)

   Antonyms:
   curse

English Synonyms and Antonyms(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. blessing

   Mercy is the exercise of less severity than one deserves, or in a more extended sense, the granting of kindness or favor beyond what one may rightly claim. Grace is favor, kindness, or blessing shown to the undeserving; forgiveness, mercy, and pardon are exercised toward the ill-deserving. Pardon remits the outward penalty which the offender deserves; forgiveness dismisses resentment or displeasure from the heart of the one offended; mercy seeks the highest possible good of the offender. There may be mercy without pardon, as in the mitigation of sentence, or in all possible alleviation of necessary severity; there may be cases where pardon would not be mercy, since it would encourage to repetition of the offense, from which timely punishment might have saved. Mercy is also used in the wider sense of refraining from harshness or cruelty toward those who are in one's power without fault of their own; as, they besought the robber to have mercy. Clemency is a colder word than mercy, and without its religious associations, signifying mildness and moderation in the use of power where severity would have legal or military, rather than moral sanction; it often denotes a habitual mildness of disposition on the part of the powerful, and is matter rather of good nature or policy than of principle. Leniency or lenity denotes an easy-going avoidance of severity; these words are more general and less magisterial than clemency; we should speak of the leniency of a parent, the clemency of a conqueror. Compare PITY.

   Synonyms:
   benevolence, benignity, clemency, compassion, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, gentleness, grace, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercy, mildness, pardon, pardon, pity, tenderness

   Antonyms:
   cruelty, hardness, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, punishment, revenge, rigor, severity, sternness, vengeance

   Preposition:
   The mercy of God to or toward sinners; have mercy on or upon one.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. blessing

   Synonyms:
   felicitation, benediction, endowment, donation, gift, gratitude, thankfulness, thanks, benefit

   Antonyms:
   impoverishment, deprivation, bereavement, malediction, thanklessness, obliviousness, catastrophe, disaster, calamity, detriment, curse, damn

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. blessing(n.)

   Synonyms:
   benediction, benison, invocation of happiness

2. blessing(n.)

   Synonyms:
   good, benefit, advantage, profit, gain, boon, service

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1. blessing(n)

   Synonyms:
   benediction, benison, beatitude, boon, god-send

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1. List of paraphrases for "blessing":

   boon, godsend, derrick, baraka, holiness

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How to use blessing in a sentence?

1. Deon Hill:

   I'm 100 percent normal, and it's really a blessing.

2. Mwanandeke Kindembo:

   Religion is not a form of destruction in itself, but a blessing to those who have faith within them.

3. Melissa Duboyce:

   My husband passed away in August and it has been a really hard year and this was a really nice surprise, so this is really a blessing and I am thankful for [Hunt] and his wife.

4. James Barrie:

   The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.

5. Shakeel Sarwar:

   If these economic reforms and liberalization can be successfully implemented over the next five to 10 years, future economic and political analysts may end up identifying this current oil price decline as a blessing in disguise for Saudi Arabia and rest of the Gulf region.

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