| Main Entry: | boon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
Synonyms: |
benefaction, benefit, benevolence, blessing, break, compliment, donation, favor, gift, godsend, good, good fortune, grant, gratuity, help, largess, present, windfall |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
Synonyms: |
aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, expediency, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leg-up, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, pre-eminence, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand, utility, wealth |
| Notes: | advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
| Main Entry: | asset |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
Synonyms: |
aid, benefit, blessing, boon, credit, distinction, help, resource, service, treasure |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage, liability |
| Main Entry: | beauty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
Synonyms: |
asset, attraction, benefit, blessing, boon, excellent, feature, good thing, importance, merit, value, worth |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | benefit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, profit |
Synonyms: |
account, aid, asset, assistance, avail, benediction, betterment, blessing, boon, cream*, egg in one's beer, extras, favor, gain, godsend, good, gravy, help, interest, perk*, profit, prosperity, use, welfare, worth |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage, handicap, harm, hindrance, hurt, loss, misfortune |
| Main Entry: | blessing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
Synonyms: |
asset, benediction, benefit, boon, bounty, break, favor, gain, gift, godsend, good, good fortune, good luck, help, kindness, lucky break, manna from heaven, miracle, profit, service, stroke of luck, windfall |
Antonyms: |
bad fortune, bad luck, curse, disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | concession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | yielding, adjustment |
Synonyms: |
acknowledgment, admission, allowance, assent, authorization, boon, buyback, compromise, confession, copout, deal, giveback, giving in, grant, indulgence, permission, permit, privilege, rollback, sellout, surrender, trade-off, warrant |
Antonyms: |
denial, difference, disagreement, disputation, fighting, protest, refusal, repudiation |
| Main Entry: | donation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift |
Synonyms: |
a hand, aid, allowance, alms, appropriation, assistance, benefaction, beneficence, bequest, boon, charity, contribution, do one's part, dole, endowment, gifting, grant, gratuity, handout, help, helping hand largess, lump, offering, philanthropy, pittance, present, presentation, ration, relief, subscription, subsidy, subvention, write-off |
| Main Entry: | endowment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large gift |
Synonyms: |
award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, bestowal, boon, bounty, dispensation, donation, fund, funding, gifting, grant, gratuity, income, inheritance, largess, legacy, nest egg, pension, presentation, property, provision, revenue, stake, stipend, subsidy, trust |
Antonyms: |
loss |
| Main Entry: | favor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | approval, good opinion; help |
Synonyms: |
accommodation, account, admiration, aid, approbation, assistance, backing, benediction, benefit, benevolence, benignity, bias, blessing, boon, championship, compliment, consideration, cooperation, courtesy, dispensation, encouragement, esteem, estimation, friendliness, gift, good turn, good will, grace, indulgence, kindness, largess, obligement, okay, partiality, patronage, present, regard, respect, service, support, token |
Antonyms: |
disapproval, disfavor |