windfall

windfall

noun

Definition of WINDFALL

something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing <hitting the lottery jackpot was an incredible windfall for the recently laid-off worker>

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

Related Words grace, mercy; favor, kindness, mitzvah; advantage, aid, assistance, gift, help, relief, support; anodyne, comfort, consolation, solace; bonus, extra, lagniappe; delight, joy, pleasure

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

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