| Boon 1. (n.) A prayer or petition. 2. (n.) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present. 3. (n.) Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage. 4. (n.) Kind; bountiful; benign. 5. (n.) Gay; merry; jovial; convivial. 6. (n.) The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching. Thesaurus Entries 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 |