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Godsend

n.hopeful, kindwarm

What it means

A person or thing that provides unusually timely and welcome help.

Reach for it when expressing relief when assistance arrives at exactly the needed moment

The spare generator was a godsend during the clinic outage.

Choose between these

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  • playful

    lifesaver

    informal gratitude fits help that prevented serious difficulty

    not when Lifesaver overstates convenience when no meaningful harm was at stake.

  • playful

    stroke of luck

    chance rather than a helper's intention produced the benefit

    not when This phrase withholds credit from someone who deliberately stepped in.

  • everyday

    gift

    the benefit feels freely and gratefully received

    not when Gift can be planned or symbolic rather than urgently useful.

  • warm

    blessing

    the help feels deeply fortunate or spiritually meaningful

    not when Blessing may introduce religious language the speaker or listener does not share.

  • professional

    timely help

    clear neutral language should name the practical value

    not when The phrase lacks godsend's strong relief and gratitude.

  • formal

    boon

    a development brings substantial practical benefit

    not when Boon is impersonal and says less about the timing of relief.

Said against

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  • hindrance
  • burden
  • curse

It naturally appears in

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  • absolute godsend

    The portable ramp was an absolute godsend after the lift failed.

  • prove a godsend

    The shared freezer proved a godsend during the week-long repair.

  • godsend for families

    Late-evening clinic hours became a godsend for families working shifts.

Where this comes from

The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.