bonanza

Other forms of bonanza

plural

bonanzas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bonanza

What does bonanza mean?

bonanza means "an especially rich vein of precious ore". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bonanza?

bonanza has 3 syllables: bo-nan-za. The stress falls on "nan". In IPA it is /bəˈnænzə/.

What is another word for bonanza?

Close synonyms include boom, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bonanza a common word?

bonanza is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.