benefit

benefit

noun

Definition of BENEFIT

1

a thing that helps <it would be a real benefit if you could keep track of what you have already bought>

Synonyms advantage, aid, asset, benefit, boon

Related Words hand, lift, pick-me-up; support, sustenance; blessing, godsend, windfall; recourse, refuge, resort, resource

Near Antonyms constraint, inhibitor, liability, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, stranglehold

Antonyms disadvantage, drawback, encumbrance, hindrance, impediment, minus

2

something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing <the meal service is a great benefit to invalids and the elderly>

Synonyms benediction, benefit, boon, felicity, godsend, good, manna, windfall

Related Words grace, mercy; favor, kindness, mitzvah; advantage, aid, assistance, gift, help, relief, support; anodyne, comfort, consolation, solace; bonus, extra, lagniappe; delight, joy, pleasure

Near Antonyms hex, hoodoo, jinx; bother, irritant, nuisance, pest; disadvantage; cross, misery, trial, tribulation

Antonyms affliction, bane, curse, evil, plague, scourge