bonanza
/bəˈnanzə
/noun
1A situation which creates a sudden increase in wealth, good fortune, or profits: a natural gas bonanza for Britain [as modifier]: a bonanza year for the computer industry...
- Many politicians, bureaucrats and their families have benefited from this bonanza created on the backs of cheap immigrant labour.
- This sure seems a bonanza opportunity for both designers and customers with a discerning eye.
- Scotland's water is now regarded as a new profit bonanza for the collapsing privatised English water companies.
Synonyms
windfall, godsend;
stroke/run of luck, boon, bonus, blessing, benefit, advantage;
pennies from heaven, manna from heaven
informal jackpot
literary benison
1.1A large amount of something desirable: the festive feature-film bonanza...
- A steady stream of people from all over the City are flocking shopping malls to avail themselves of the special festival bonanzas.
- Members are treated to a cultural bonanza during festivals bringing to the fore the rich tradition of Kerala.
- Could we turn our present oversupply in South Australia and Victoria into a cash bonanza?
Origin
Early 19th century (originally US, especially with reference to success when mining): from Spanish, literally 'fair weather, prosperity', from Latin bonus 'good'.
Bonanza first referred in the US to success when mining. It is a Spanish word meaning ‘fair weather, prosperity’, from Latin bonus ‘good’.
Rhymes
- possession
- possessional
- possessionary
- possessionate
- possessioned
- possessioner
- possessionless
- possession order
- possessive
- possessive determiner
- possessively
- possessiveness
- possessive pronoun
- possessor
- possessoress
- possessorial
- possessorship
- possessory
- posset
- posseting
- possibilism
- possibilist
- possibilistic
- possibilitate
- possibility