'Boon' definitions:
Definition of 'boon'
From: WordNet
adjective
Very close and convivial; "boon companions"
noun
A desirable state; "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors" [syn: blessing, boon]
Definition of 'Boon'
From: GCIDE
- Boon \Boon\, a. [F. bon. See Boon, n.]
- 1. Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Kind; bountiful; benign. [1913 Webster]
- Which . . . Nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial. [1913 Webster]
- A boon companion, loving his bottle. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Boon'
From: GCIDE
- Boon \Boon\, n. [Scot. boon, bune, been, Gael. & Ir. bunach coarse tow, fr. bun root, stubble.] The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Boon'
From: GCIDE
- Boon \Boon\ (b[=oo]n), n. [OE. bone, boin, a petition, fr. Icel. b[=o]n; akin to Sw. & Dan. b[aum]n, AS. b[=e]n, and perh. to E. ban; but influenced by F. bon good, fr. L. bonus. [root]86. See 2d Ban, Bounty.]
- 1. A prayer or petition. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- For which to God he made so many an idle boon. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present. [1913 Webster]
- Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above. --James i. 17 (Rev. Ver. ). [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'boon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advantage,
- avail,
- award,
- behalf,
- behoof,
- benediction,
- benefaction,
- benefit,
- benevolence,
- benison,
- blessing,
- blithe,
- blithesome,
- compliment,
- convivial,
- favor,
- festive,
- free and easy,
- gain,
- gay,
- gift,
- gleeful,
- godsend,
- good,
- grace,
- gratuity,
- hail-fellow-well-met,
- hearty,
- interest,
- jocund,
- jolly,
- jovial,
- largess,
- loaves and fishes,
- manna,
- manna from heaven,
- mirthful,
- present,
- profit,
- reward,
- welfare,
- well-being,
- world of good