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Synonyms for blessing

  • noun

Most common

grace thanksgiving mercy

All synonyms

Noun

1. Grace

grace, thanksgiving, mercy

Other

benediction, boon, gift, good, thanks, benefit, glory, advantage, beatitude, gain, service, approval

Antonyms

curse, displeasure, malediction

All antonyms of blessing →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.

Related words

Phrases
blessing in disguise mixed blessing

Forms

Plural
blessings → graces, thanksgivings, mercies, benedictions…

Choose the right word

Blessing, Grace, Favor, Kindness, Forgiveness or Mercy?

Grace is favor, kindness, or blessing shown to the undeserving; forgiveness, mercy, and pardon are exercised toward the ill-deserving.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • grace Everybody at the party was charmed with her grace.
  • mercy And so God took mercy on her, and gave her a girl.
  • thanksgiving We're coming to Thanksgiving but we're not eating.
  • benefit Advances in science don't always benefit humanity.
  • gift That's the most beautiful gift I've ever received.
  • glory You can't appreciate the flies in all their glory.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
blessingrising
gracerising
mercyrising
thanksgivingrising
benefitsteady
giftrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
good1, gift1, gain1, boon1
5 letters
grace1, glory2, mercy2
6 letters
thanks1
7 letters
service2, benefit3
8 letters
approval3
9 letters
advantage3, beatitude
11 letters
benediction4
12 letters
thanksgiving3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (glory2 = 2 syllables).