boon

Other forms of boon

plural

boons·

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 boon

What does boon mean?

boon means "a desirable state". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in boon?

boon has 1 syllable: boon. In IPA it is /ˈbun/.

What is another word for boon?

Close synonyms include blessing. 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 boon a common word?

boon is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with boon?

2 words rhyme with boon. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.