Boon

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  • noun. A benefit bestowed, especially one bestowed in response to a request.
  • noun. A timely blessing or benefit.
  • adjective. Convivial; jolly.
  • adjective. Favorable.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To do gratuitous service to another, as a tenant to a landlord.
  • noun. A prayer; a petition.
  • noun. That which is asked; a favor; a thing desired; a benefaction.
  • noun. Hence A good; a benefit enjoyed; a blessing; a great privilege; a thing to be thankful for.
  • noun. An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
  • noun. 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,”
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
  • noun. A prayer or petition.
  • noun. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.
  • adjective. Good; prosperous.
  • adjective. Kind; bountiful; benign.
  • adjective. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. good; prosperous; as, "boon voyage"
  • adjective. kind; bountiful; benign
  • adjective. gay; merry; jovial; convivial
  • noun. The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
  • noun. A prayer; petition.
  • noun. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a favour; benefaction; a grant; a present.
  • noun. A good; a blessing or benefit; a great privilege; a thing to be thankful for.
  • noun. An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a desirable state
  • adjective. very close and convivial
  • Word Usage
    "Another boon is for the President of the United States to echo and reinforce Islamofascist propaganda themes, as Mr. Obama did in his first interview with an Arab language television network."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    bane  
    Equivalent
    close  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bethune  Boone  Calhoun  June  Karun  
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    advantage  avail  award  behalf  behoof