Boon
Boon noun - Something granted as a special favor.
Usage example: at the prep school, seniors are given certain boons that make them the envy of underclassmen
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| particular | particular boon | particular grant |
| specific | specific boon | specific grant |
| initial | initial boon | initial grant |
| real | real boon | real grant |
| Other adjectives: massive, huge, supernatural, older. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Homer: Sweet maiden of the spit, grant now my boon, that I might sup on some suckling pig this noon.
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Homer: Sweet maiden of the spit, grant now my boon that I might sup on suckling pig this noon.
Source: Flowery Elizabethan English -
Homer: Fair maiden of the spit, grant now my boon that I might sup on suckling pig this noon!
Source: Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe
Cite this Source
Grant and Boon. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/boon/grant
Boon & Grant. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/boon/grant>.
Grant or Boon. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/boon/grant.
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