Synonyms of boons

boons

noun

plural of boon

1

as in benefits

a thing that helps

the couple's generous donation was a great boon to the charity's fund-raising campaign

Synonyms & Similar Words

• benefits
• advantages
• assets
• resources
• help
• aids
• blessings
• hands
• windfalls
• lifts
• sustenances
• pick-me-ups
• godsends
• supports
• refuges
• recourses
• resorts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drawbacks
• disadvantages
• impediments
• hindrances
• encumbrances
• liabilities
• obstacles
• constraints
• restraints
• minuses
• inhibitors
• obstructions
• strangleholds

2

as in services

an act of kind assistance

a softhearted man who finds it hard to deny any boon, whether it be for friend or stranger

Synonyms & Similar Words

• services
• privileges
• graces
• mercies
• benevolences
• benefits
• indulgences
• courtesies
• favors
• advantages
• blessings
• dispensations
• waivers
• turns
• licences
• godsends
• liberties
• licenses
• mannas

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obstacles
• impediments
• hurdles
• interferences
• hindrances

3

as in privileges

something granted as a special favor

at the high school, seniors are given certain boons that make them the envy of underclassmen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• privileges
• honors
• concessions
• apanages
• grants
• appanages
• rights
• exemptions
• immunities
• entitlements
• courtesies
• prerogatives
• perquisites
• waivers
• claims
• patents
• birthrights
• charters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• duties
• obligations
• responsibilities
• burdens

4

as in blessings

something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing

the unexpected rain was a boon for the farmers who had been struggling with drought

Synonyms & Similar Words

• benefits
• blessings
• gifts
• bonuses
• windfalls
• benedictions
• felicities
• goods
• godsends
• reliefs
• advantages
• consolations
• mercies
• graces
• assistances
• mannas
• joys
• mitzvahs
• pleasures
• comforts
• help
• delights
• favors
• aids
• solaces
• supports
• anodynes
• extras
• mitzvoth
• lagniappes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• evils
• curses
• afflictions
• plagues
• scourges
• banes
• disadvantages
• nuisances
• pests
• irritants
• trials
• hexes
• miseries
• jinxes
• bothers
• tribulations
• hoodoos
• crosses