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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an especially rich vein of precious ore
2: a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line" [syn: boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Spanish, literally, calm sea, from Medieval Latin bonacia, alteration of Latin malacia, from Greek malakia, literally, softness, from malakos soft Date: 1829 1. an exceptionally large and rich mineral deposit (as of an ore, precious metal, or petroleum) 2. a. something that is very valuable, profitable, or rewarding <a box-office bonanza> b. a very large amount <a bonanza of sympathy> c. extravaganza <channels planning all-day viewing bonanzas — William Borders>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 a source of wealth or prosperity. 2 a large output (esp. of a mine). 3 a prosperity; good luck. b a run of good luck. --adj. greatly prospering or productive. Etymology: orig. US f. Sp., = fair weather, f. L bonus good

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bonanza Bo*nan"za, n. [Sp., prop. calm., fair weather, prosperity, fr. L. bonus good.] In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income. [Colloq. U. S.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bonanzas) You can refer to a sudden great increase in wealth, success, or luck as a bonanza. The expected sales bonanza hadn't materialised. = windfall N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

Eldorado, Golconda, abundance, affluence, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, avalanche, bountifulness, bountiousness, bumper crop, copiousness, cornucopia, eldorado, extravagance, exuberance, fertility, flood, flow, foison, font, fount, fountain, full measure, fullness, generosity, generousness, gold mine, gravy train, great abundance, great plenty, gush, house, landslide, lavishness, liberality, liberalness, lode, lots, luxuriance, maximum, mine, mine of wealth, more than enough, mother lode, much, myriad, myriads, numerousness, opulence, opulency, outpouring, overflow, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plenty, prevalence, prodigality, productiveness, profuseness, profusion, quantities, quarry, repleteness, repletion, resource, rich harvest, rich lode, rich uncle, rich vein, richness, riot, riotousness, scads, shower, source, source of supply, spate, spring, staple, stream, substantiality, substantialness, superabundance, teemingness, treasure, treasure trove, treasury, vein, wealth, well, wellspring