boon 
boon (bo̵̅o̅n)
boon (bo̵̅o̅n)
adjective
- Archaic kind, generous, pleasant, etc.
- merry; convivial: now only in boon companion, a close friend
Etymology: ME & OFr bon < L bonus, good
Converse of object
- prove: The human genome sequence is proving a boon to researchers investigating disorders of the skeleton.
- grant: The vara mudra shows that Ganesha may grant boons to the human being.
- have: These formats would have a double boon for Sony.
- ask: Conradin had been wont to chant his praises, to- night he asked a boon.
- obtain: Having obtained this boon, he considered himself invincible and the supreme God.
- confer: Claim it from Him, and reckon that in answer to your appeal He does confer this priceless boon.
Preposition: for
- people: The Internet is seen as a particular boon for people who are intending to move to a different area, especially long-distance.
- anyone: Thatâs a boon for anyone wanting to test their site with varied cookie settings without the hassle of going to log-in screens.
- industry: In fact, DSHEA has been a boon for the supplement industry, by not hampering the manufacture of supplements with unnecessary regulations.
- crook: UK & Ireland - Second-hand computers a boon for crooks - Fraud " said.
- country: Microsoft recently offered SA's schools free licenses to its software potentially a great boon for the country.
- traveler: This will be a boon for frequent travelers looking for internet access on the go.
Adjective modifier
- tremendous: It's a tremendous boon to the ego, to your sense of self-reliance, to your feeling about your own talent.
- absolute: Modern digital work stations are an absolute boon to the mastering process.
- real: A real boon against potholes or narrow cycle gaps.
- great: The arrow keys are separate - a great boon for multiple choice software.
- huge: It will be a huge boon to millions of disabled people who want to travel without the hassle.
- positive: There are many good faith schools which are a positive boon to the communities they serve - I have three in my constituency.
Modifies a noun
Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeleine's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory like a saint: She seemed a splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven.
Death will come when thou art dead, Soon, too soonö Sleep will come when thou art fled; Of neither would I ask the boon I ask of thee, belove' d Nightö Swift be thine approaching flight, Come soon, soon!
We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, whenfacedwith discomfort, to discard anyand all first principles of liberty, and,further, toindictthosewho do not freely join with us in happily arrogating those principles.
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending we lay waste our powers: Little we see in nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! The sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.öGreat God! I'd rather be A pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathe' d horn.
Browse dictionary entries near boon
- ‹ boomtown
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- ‹ boomerang
- ‹ Boomer State
- ‹ boomer
- ‹ boombox
- ‹ boom
- ‹ Boolean logic
- ‹ Boolean
- ‹ bookworm
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