BOON Synonyms

• the formal act of approving

• a desirable state

• a short prayer of thanks before a meal

• a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection

• the act of praying for divine protection

• financial assistance in time of need

• something that aids or promotes well-being

• a performance to raise money for a charitable cause

• derive a benefit from

• be beneficial for

• an act of gracious kindness

• an advantage to the benefit of someone or something

• an inclination to approve

• a feeling of favorable regard

• souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party

• promote over another

• consider as the favorite

• treat gently or carefully

• bestow a privilege upon

• the quality of having a superior or more favorable position

• (tennis) first point scored after deuce

• benefit resulting from some event or action

• give an advantage to

• the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

• a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

• a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do

• a means of serving

• give help or assistance; be of service

• improve the condition of

• be of use

• abstain from doing; always used with a negative

• help to some food; help with food or drink

• contribute to the furtherance of

• take or use

• improve; change for the better

• something acquired without compensation

• natural abilities or qualities

• the act of giving

• give qualities or abilities to

• give as a present; make a gift of

• the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)

• come into rough contact with while moving

• push roughly

• press or force

• A slice, especially of bread.

• A sheave.

• A beam or plank of split wood.

• A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle.

• A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching

• A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool.

• A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material.

• (papermaking) A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp.

• A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).

• A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.

• A weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative.