bonanza
noun
bo·nan·za bə-ˈnan-zə 
1
mining : an exceptionally large and rich mineral deposit (as of an ore, precious metal, or petroleum)
2
a
: something that is very valuable, profitable, or rewarding
a box-office bonanza
b
: a very large amount
a bonanza of sympathy
c
: extravaganza
channels planning all-day viewing bonanzas
William Borders
William Borders
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Euro 2022 soccer championship has proved to be a viewership bonanza for the BBC. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Aug. 2022 Streaming has been a bonanza for services and the studios that put content on them, but viewers are burning out. Wired, 24 July 2022 The pandemic and now the steep increases in food and energy prices have, simply put, been a bonanza for them. Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 23 May 2022 Inflation was not, in the past, a bonanza for corporations. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 17 May 2022 Lake Erie’s plentiful schools of walleye have been a bonanza this spring for fishermen who cast lures from harbor breakwalls. D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 12 May 2022 The story of Humboldt’s fate highlights how inconsistently this influential blue state has treated a quintessentially blue-state industry, a product once rogue and now a public tax bonanza. Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022 The story of Humboldt’s fate highlights how inconsistently this influential blue state has treated a quintessentially blue-state industry, a product once rogue and now a public tax bonanza. Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022 Brazilian churrascarias — with their rodizio-style bonanza of meat — are taking over the Fort Lauderdale steakhouse scene. Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2022 See More
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Aug. 2022 Streaming has been a bonanza for services and the studios that put content on them, but viewers are burning out. Wired, 24 July 2022 The pandemic and now the steep increases in food and energy prices have, simply put, been a bonanza for them. Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 23 May 2022 Inflation was not, in the past, a bonanza for corporations. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 17 May 2022 Lake Erie’s plentiful schools of walleye have been a bonanza this spring for fishermen who cast lures from harbor breakwalls. D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 12 May 2022 The story of Humboldt’s fate highlights how inconsistently this influential blue state has treated a quintessentially blue-state industry, a product once rogue and now a public tax bonanza. Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022 The story of Humboldt’s fate highlights how inconsistently this influential blue state has treated a quintessentially blue-state industry, a product once rogue and now a public tax bonanza. Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022 Brazilian churrascarias — with their rodizio-style bonanza of meat — are taking over the Fort Lauderdale steakhouse scene. Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Spanish, literally, calm sea, from Medieval Latin bonacia, alteration of Latin malacia, from Greek malakia, literally, softness, from malakos soft
First Known Use
1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1
bonanza
noun
1
as in boon
something that brings a large gain or profit The popular video game became an unexpected bonanza for the independent developers behind it. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- boon
- benefit
- bonus
- windfall
- jackpot
- prize
- godsend
- reward
- treasure trove
- premium
- trophy
- award
- decoration
- lagniappe
- plume
- tip
- honor
- bounty
- wages
- distinction
- price
- gratuity
- desert(s)
2
as in raft
a huge amount The mailbox was stuffed with a bonanza of credit card offers. Synonyms & Similar Words
- raft
- loads
- slew
- pile
- myriad
- stack
- surplus
- flood
- wealth
- bunch
- bundle
- abundance
- superabundance
- basketful
- overkill
- lot
- plethora
- excess
- overabundance
- profusion
- surfeit
- multitude
- truckload
- swarm
- boatload
- deal
- scads
- heap
- host
- embarrassment
- potful
- oodles
- quantity
- bucket
- plague
- plenty
- spate
- carload
- oversupply
- plentitude
- plateful
- fistful
- gobs
- plenitude
- superfluity
- chunk
- mountain
- much
- dozen
- deluge
- good deal
- overage
- mess
- shipload
- ton
- hundred
- redundancy
- pot
- epidemic
- passel
- reams
- horde
- multiplicity
- rash
- overmuch
- store
- sheaf
- mass
- yard
- bevy
- peck
- barrel
- bushel
- wad
- pack
- overflow
- lashins
- sight
- volume
- lashings
- legion
- throng
- sea
- score
- flock
- army
- press
- crush
- cram
- mob
- crowd
- thousands
- million
- herd
- gazillion
- drove
- trillion
- zillion
- jillion
- kazillion
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ray
- grain
- scrap
- fragment
- molecule
- atom
- smattering
- modicum
- dot
- crumb
- section
- scintilla
- whit
- particle
- mote
- portion
- shred
- shortage
- drop
- granule
- morsel
- tittle
- piece
- dash
- iota
- scarcity
- jot
- shot
- flyspeck
- fleck
- absence
- famine
- poverty
- deficiency
- lack
- deficit
- dearth
- paucity
- smatter
- nubbin
- pittance
- spot
- ace
- insufficiency
- taste
- inadequacy
- handful
- want
- peanuts
- mite
- bit
- strain
- suspicion
- pinch
- glimmer
- sprinkling
- streak
- hint
- shadow
- touch
- dram
- mouthful
- shade
- undersupply
- scarceness
- meagerness
- ounce
- nip
- trace
- tad
- scantiness
- speck
- sprinkle
- dab
- skimpiness
- lick
- driblet
- scantness
- little
- scruple
- smidgen
- smidgin
- smidge
- smidgeon