boon

Meaning

Noun

1. A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.
2. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
3. (obsolete) A prayer; petition.
4. An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
5. A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.

Adj

1. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
2. Kind; bountiful; benign.
3. (obsolete) Good; prosperous.

Synonyms

blessing

gift

🎁

benefit

favour

good

👍

present

good deed

request

jolly

advantage

blithesome

bonus

bounteous

charm

cheerful

cheery

close

close together

convivial

donation

familiar

favor

favourable

fortunate

godsend

grace

gracefulness

grant

intimate

jocund

kind

kindness

near

nearby

nigh

open hearted

petition

piece

portion

prayer

prosperous

proximal

proximate

result

sheave

sticks

token

vantage

vicinal

windfall

wish

well-wishing

fruit

awnchaff

acquisition

adjacent

advantageous

approximate

benevolent

benign

bestowal

bestowment

bit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/buːn/

Etymology

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