Synonyms for windfall
ˈwɪndˌfɔlwind·fall

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1. windfallnoun

   fruit that has fallen from the tree

   Synonyms:
   gold rush, godsend, boom, gravy, bonanza, bunce, manna from heaven

2. boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, buncenoun

   a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

   "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"

   Synonyms:
   miraculous food, thunder, bonanza, roar, microphone boom, boom, gravy, pan gravy, gold rush, godsend, manna from heaven, manna, roaring, bunce

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1. • Edible Fruit
   • Happening

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1. windfallnoun

   Synonyms:
   godsend, unexpected gift, good luck, run of luck, piece of good fortune, piece of good luck

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1. windfallnoun

   Synonyms:
   godsend, boon

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1. List of paraphrases for "windfall":

   manna, windthrow, godsend, blowdown, bonanza

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How to use windfall in a sentence?

1. Ryan Sweet:

   We expect them to spend the windfall in the coming quarters.

2. Ryan Sweet:

   Consumers have an enormous windfall to spend from lower gasoline prices.

3. James Clapper:

   They’ve been funded anyway even with the sanctions regime, so I’m sure they’ll get some money but I don’t think it’ll be a huge windfall for them.

4. Bhairavi Desai:

   Uber and Lyft have built their business model off the sweat of drivers, paying the vast majority of New York City drivers less than minimum wage in New York City drivers quests to go public, now, instead of raising wages in anticipation of their windfall, they only want to offer stock grants to a small minority of drivers ?

5. Volkswagen AG -LRB- VOWG_p:

   These plaintiffs had minimal losses and were rightfully denied the unjustified windfall they were seeking. Plaintiffs' counsel today asked for punitive damages in the millions of dollars, the jury correctly refused that request. Even so, this award exceeds clear constitutional limits and we will ask the court to reduce it accordingly.