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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. boonnoun

    Synonyms:
    gift, present, benefaction, grant, offering

  2. boonadjective

    Synonyms:
    kind, bountiful, generous

  3. boonadjective

    Synonyms:
    gay, merry, jovial, jolly, convivial

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. boonadjective

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "boon":

    blessing, boone, godsend

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How to use boon in a sentence?

  1. William Wordsworth:

    The world is too much with us late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powersLittle we see in Nature that is oursWe have given our hearts away, a sordid boon

  2. Raul Grijalva:

    This is no kind of victory, but I'm hopeful that it is a genuine turning of the page, secretary Zinke's successor has a chance to move on from an unfortunate The Trump Administration record of environmental mismanagement and decline. A well-managed Interior Department — one that puts the public good ahead of fossil fuel and mining industry demands — can be a boon to the entire country.

  3. Jason Lewis:

    This is such a boon to lawyers everywhere, they can sue school districts for not preventing Billy from teasing Susie.

  4. Richard Tinker:

    These things always look very impressive when they happen — and this one certainly is impressive — but down the road, depending on how things go, they might not be quite the boon that you think that they are at the beginning, but from a reservoir standpoint, we’d rather have it than not have it.

  5. 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.


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