boon

Plural: boons

Noun

A timely benefit or advantage; a blessing.
a desirable state
- "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors"
A good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
A prayer; petition.
An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.
The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

Adjective Satellite

very close and convivial
- "boon companions"

Adj

Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
Kind; bountiful; benign.
Good; prosperous.

Examples

Anaesthetics are a great boon to modern surgery.
boon voyage
Drawing that ’S’ was a BOON, allowing him to pluralize a word and hit a bonus square.
Finding the dry cave was a boon to the weary travellers.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English boon (“prayer”), from Old Norse bón (“prayer, petition”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”), influenced by boon (“good, favorable”, adjective). Doublet of ben; see there for more.

Synonyms

blessing, shive, shove

Antonyms

bane#Noun

Scrabble Score: 6

boon: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
boon: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
boon: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

boon: valid Words With Friends Word