boons
Favors freely given
Boons are benefits, favors, or blessings—good things received or granted.
The singular boon appears in phrases like a boon to travelers or grant me a boon.
The word has a formal or literary flavor, often suggesting something welcome that arrives when needed: The rain was a boon to farmers after months of drought.
Favorable factors or conditions
- blessingsFavors from the divine
- giftsItems freely given
- favorsPreferences or courtesies
- perksAdditional job advantages
privileges · assets · gains · profits · bonuses · rewards · windfalls · godsends
Favors from the divine
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- benedictionsPrayers for divine favor
- providenceDivine protective care
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
divine favor · spiritual gifts · mercies · dispensations · charisms
Preferences or courtesies
- petitionsFormal requests for action
- requestsFormal expressions of want
- appealsRequests for reconsideration
- entreatiesEarnest, humble requests
supplications · asks · prayers · wishes · desires · solicitations
Voluntary close relations
- alliesCooperative partners united together
- companionsThose who accompany
- comradesClose allies in cause
- partnersJoint venture participants
confidants · helpers · supporters · drinking buddies · fellow travelers · kindred spirits
advantages
Favorable factors or conditions
perks · privileges · assets · gains · profits · bonuses · rewards · windfalls · godsends · benefactions
blessings
Favors from the divine
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- benedictionsPrayers for divine favor
- providenceDivine protective care
miracles · divine favor · spiritual gifts · mercies · dispensations · charisms
favors
Preferences or courtesies
- petitionsFormal requests for action
- requestsFormal expressions of want
- appealsRequests for reconsideration
entreaties · supplications · asks · prayers · wishes · desires · solicitations
friends
Voluntary close relations
- alliesCooperative partners united together
- companionsThose who accompany
- comradesClose allies in cause
partners · confidants · helpers · supporters · drinking buddies · fellow travelers · kindred spirits
boonscurses
Sworn oaths or hexes
banes · detriments · disadvantages · drawbacks · liabilities
- boon companionsIntimate, devoted friends
- Mills & BoonBritish romantic fiction imprint