English noun: bonanza |
1. | bonanza (object) an especially rich vein of precious ore |
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| Broader (hypernym) | mineral vein, vein |
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2. | bonanza (event) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) |
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| Samples | The demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line.
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| Synonyms | boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall |
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| Broader (hypernym) | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent |
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