Godsend

Quick meaning: Godsend is a noun meaning An instance of unexpected benefit or good fortune; a windfall.

Meaning

An instance of unexpected benefit or good fortune; a windfall.

More Meanings

1. A person who provides greatly needed assistance.

Example Sentences

[O]nce again, as in 1803, we were on the brink of being sacrificed to the very lunacies of retrenchment. By a mere god-send, more troops happened to arrive from the Indian continent.

"You do, indeed, seem to take it to heart!" exclaimed the actress, an expression of jealous anger crossing her features; "why, it is quite a God-send for you! many a heart is caught in the rebound.[…]"

By this time my wife was in Barcelona and used to send me tea, chocolate, and even cigars when such things were procurable; but even in Barcelona everything was running short, especially tobacco. The tea was a godsend, though we had no milk and seldom any sugar.

To the onlooker, and particularly to those whose memories go back to pre-grouping days, the modern cavalcade of "V2s" and "B1s" is apt to become a little monotonous; but to any running man the general utility characteristics of these two classes are a perfect godsend at times of exceptional pressure, when it is often a case of "first in—first out" with locomotive allocations at sheds.

Word Forms

• godsends
• God-send

Synonyms for godsend

Depending on context, synonyms include windfall, gravy, bunce.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include windfall, gravy, bunce, favor, convenient, blessing.

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