BONANZA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bonanza mean? 

• BONANZA (noun)
  The noun BONANZA has 2 senses:

1. an especially rich vein of precious ore

2. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

  Familiarity information: BONANZA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BONANZA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An especially rich vein of precious ore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("bonanza" is a kind of...):

mineral vein; vein (a layer of ore between layers of rock)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

bonanza; boom; bunce; godsend; gold rush; gravy; manna from heaven; windfall

Context example:

the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line

Hypernyms ("bonanza" is a kind of...):

happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)

 Context examples 

The month may bring you such a large financial bonanza that at times you may wonder if you are dreaming.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You are about to experience a financial bonanza, and as you read your December report, you might shake your head and say, no, how could that possibly be?

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)