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boon

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of BOON

a thing that helps <the couple's generous donation was a great boon to the charity's fund-raising campaign>

Synonyms advantage, aid, asset, benefit, boon

Related Words hand, lift, pick-me-up; support, sustenance; blessing, godsend, windfall; recourse, refuge, resort, resource

Near Antonyms constraint, inhibitor, liability, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, stranglehold

Antonyms disadvantage, drawback, encumbrance, hindrance, impediment, minus

an act of kind assistance <a softhearted man who finds it hard to deny any boon, whether it be for friend or stranger>

Synonyms benevolence, boon, courtesy, grace, indulgence, kindness, mercy, service, turn

Related Words dispensation, waiver; advantage, benefit, blessing, godsend, manna; liberty, license (or licence), privilege

Near Antonyms hindrance, hurdle, impediment, interference, obstacle

something granted as a special favor <at the prep school, seniors are given certain boons that make them the envy of underclassmen>

Synonyms appanage (also apanage), boon, concession, honor

Near Antonyms burden, duty, obligation, responsibility

something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing <the unexpected rain was a boon for the farmers who had been struggling with drought>

Synonyms benediction, benefit, boon, felicity, godsend, good, manna, windfall

Near Antonyms hex, hoodoo, jinx; bother, irritant, nuisance, pest; disadvantage; cross, misery, trial, tribulation

Antonyms affliction, bane, curse, evil, plague, scourge

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