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| Main Entry: |
windfall
 [wind-fawl] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jackpot, profit |
| Synonyms: | bonanza, bonus, find, fortune, gift from the gods, godsend, gravy, lucky find, money from heaven, pennies from heaven, stroke of luck |
| 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: | fluke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance occurrence |
| Synonyms: | accident, blessing, break, contingency, fortuity, fortunate, fortune, good fortune, good luck, incident, lucky break, odd chance, quirk, stroke of luck, windfall |
| Antonyms: | certainty, design, plan |
Example Sentences
- We decided to use a portion of this windfall to offset the airline emissions.
- What a windfall for humanity if that lesson can be broadly delivered at the grade-school level.
- Still unable to fly, their emergence provides a windfall for predators.
| Main Entry: | godsend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift, benefit |
| Synonyms: | advantage, benediction, blessing, boon, good, manna, stroke of luck, windfall |
| Antonyms: | bad fortune, bad luck, blow, bombshell, setback |
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, benefit |
| Synonyms: | asset, avail, behalf, benediction, blessing, boon*, commonwealth, favor, gain, godsend, good fortune, interest, nugget, plum, prize, profit, prosperity, service, treasure, use, usefulness, welfare, well-being, windfall |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | luck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good fortune |
| Synonyms: | advantage, big break, blessing, break*, fluke, fortunateness, godsend, good luck, happiness, health, in the cards, karma*, kismet*, luckiness, lucky break, occasion, opportunity, profit, prosperity, run of luck, serendipity, smile*, streak of luck, stroke, success, triumph, victory, weal, wealth, win, windfall |
| Antonyms: | bad fortune, misfortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prize |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | award, winnings |
| Synonyms: | accolade, acquirement, acquisition, advantage, blue ribbon, bonus, bounty, cake*, capture, carrot, championship, citation, crown, decoration, dividend, feather in cap, first place, gold star, gold*, gravy, guerdon, haul, honor, inducement, jackpot, laurel, loot*, medal, meed, payoff, pickings, pillage, plum, plunder*, possession, premium, privilege, purse, recompense, requital, reward, scholarship, spoil, spoils, stakes, strokes, swag*, title, trophy, windfall |
| Antonyms: | blame, punishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bumper crop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rich harvest |
| Synonyms: | bonanza, cash crop, fat of the land, foison, gold mine, windfall |
| Main Entry: | manna |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift |
| Synonyms: | bonanza, boon, delicacy, windfall |
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