Synonyms for boon
bunboon

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1. boon

   A gift is in the popular, and also in the legal sense that which is voluntarily bestowed without expectation of return or compensation. Gift is now almost always used in the good sense, bribe always in the evil sense to signify payment for a dishonorable service under the semblance of a gift. In Scriptural language gift is often used for bribe. "The king by judgment establisheth the land; but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it." Prov. xxix, 4. A benefaction is a charitable gift, generally of large amount, and viewed as of enduring value, as an endowment for a college. A donation is something, perhaps of great, never of trivial value, given usually on some public ground, as to a cause or to a person representing a cause, but not necessarily of value beyond the immediate present; as, a donation to a pastor. A gratuity is usually something of moderate value and is always given as to an inferior, and as of favor, not of right; as, a gratuity to a waiter. Largess is archaic for a bountiful gratuity, usually to be distributed among many, as among the heralds at ancient tournaments. A present is a gift of friendship, or conciliation, and given as to an equal or a superior; no one's pride is hurt by accepting what is viewed as strictly a present. A boon is a gift that has been desired or craved or perhaps asked, or something freely given that meets some great desire. A grant is commonly considerable in amount and given by public authority; as, a grant of public lands for a college.

   Synonyms:
   benefaction, bequest, bounty, bribe, donation, gift, grant, gratuity, largess, present

   Antonyms:
   compensation, earnings, guerdon, penalty, remuneration, wages

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1. blessing, boonnoun

   a desirable state

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

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

   Antonyms:
   remote, distant

2. boonadjective

   very close and convivial

   "boon companions"

   Antonyms:
   distant, remote

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1. boonnoun

   Synonyms:
   gift, present, benefaction, grant, offering

2. boonadjective

   Synonyms:
   kind, bountiful, generous

3. boonadjective

   Synonyms:
   gay, merry, jovial, jolly, convivial

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1. boonadjective

   Synonyms:
   generous, bountiful, benign, jolly, convivial, gay, jovial, frolicsome, sportive

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1. List of paraphrases for "boon":

   blessing, boone, godsend

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1. Bruce Bechtol:

   North Korea have conducted all these tests here, every single weapons test, so if they let experts in to look at these tunnels before they let anyone else in North Korea would be potentially for us an intelligence boon.

2. Albert Einstein:

   Since I do not foresee that atomic energy is to be a great boon for a long time, I have to say that for the present it is a menace. Perhaps it is well that it should be. It may intimidate the human race into bringing order into its international affairs, which, without the pressure of fear, it would not do.

3. David Mamet:

   The proclamation and repetition of first principles is a constant feature of life in our democracy. Active adherence to these principles, however, has always been considered un-American. We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, when faced with discomfort, to discard any and all first principles of liberty, and, further, to indict those who do not freely join with us in happily arrogating those principles.

4. Commuter Madhurima Mishra:

   I was not sure about the availability of the product. Now that I have used it I found it really user-friendly and I am a working woman and I have to use the public toilets a lot of time and I have this fear of infections so at that time it's like a boon to me.

5. Carlos Gutierrez:

   We believe that expanding access to cannabis is a boon for local economies and also provides people with a safer alternative to other substances, such as alcohol or opioids.