BENEDICTIONS Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

benedictions

noun

plural of benediction

as in blessings

a prayer calling for divine care, protection, or favor the priest offered a benediction for the missing children

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as in benefits

something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing the library's silence was a welcome benediction to someone, like me, who needed to concentrate

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Noun

Some served the hundreds of pilgrims who visit each day, others to seek the saint's blessings.

— Diaa Hadid, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
Galliano met with Jewish leaders and rabbis following the scandal and received blessings from groups like the Anti-Defamation League.

— Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of blessings

Noun

Tavares, 11 days shy of his 36th birthday, hopes to reap some benefits from the living arrangement, too.

— Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Earlier this summer, one CEO talked about implementing a new T&E system that deprived employees of the right to get personal loyalty benefits from travel.

— Diane Brady, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of benefits

Noun

Her fans, dressed in T-shirts that showed her in a shimmering blue dress and flower crown, began making pilgrimages to the crash site every year, sharing stories of Gilda appearing in their dreams and answering their prayers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Such prayers have a healing effect, not just on our own lives but in the world as well.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of prayers

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Investigators also found Chavez-DeRemer did not report the tickets, valued at approximately $100 a piece, as she was required to do, despite having completed ethics training explaining government policy on accepting gifts.

— Andrea Hsu, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Those gifts included rodeo tickets, an alligator wallet and two cowboy hats, according to the report.

— Luke Barr, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

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