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Aug 28, 2015 at 13:57. Erm... by its very nature, benefit has positive connotations, and any "true" antonym would have to have negative connotations. If you simply want to convey a neutral absence of advantage (as opposed to a negative disadvantage), @Oldbag's not benefit is probably your only option. Consider not insignificant as the "less ...
2. The idiom "prevention is better than cure" could also be an opposite for "benefit of the doubt". From dictionary.cambridge.org, prevention is better than cure UK saying (US an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure) It is better to stop something bad from happening than it is to deal with it after it has happened.
The opposite of a health benefit is a health penalty. Googling "health penalty" "health benefit" comes up with quite a few significant links. The word pair fits also etymologically quite nicely. Penalty as well as benefit are originally human acts: A punishment (Latin poena), and a good deed (bene factum). Both terms imply some sort of book ...
The OED finds both benefit and benefice from the 1300s. The former prospered into five major senses (including such as the kind of benefit that's a charity event); the latter fell into obsolescence, taking its antonym with it, perhaps because of its special meaning associated with sorcery. Note that malefit would seem to have arrived long after ...
a person who gives money or other help to a person or an organization such as a school or charity: example. friends and benefactors of the hospital. Benefactor sounds like the best word if you are looking for a word with the same root as beneficiary. In other contexts, you can use donor, contributor, or even sponsor. Share.
1. From @Matt's SWOT suggestion, "strength" is probably the best choice because the opposite of strength is weakness and a "challenge" can be considered a less negative way of saying weakness (IMO). "Opportunity" isn't a good choice because it is based on something that does not yet exist but has potential. Share.
This is not a direct antonym, and I think it is no accident that there is no such word: because positive-catastrophes are impossible in the real, physical world. We don't have a word for it because the course of history has never required one, and probably never will -- on Earth or in any civilization anywhere, anywhen in this universe.
Among the definitions listed for one-sided given by are: favoring one side; uneven or unfair; prejudiced. considering or favouring only one side of a matter, problem, etc. having all the advantage on one side. Notice also the synonym unilateral, if you want to go a little more formal. Share. 13k. Add a comment.
To see how alien the concept to our minds, ask around what's the antonym of fragile. The likely answer will be: robust, unbreakable, solid, well-built, resilient, strong, something-proof (say waterproof, windproof, rustproof), etc. Wrong — and it is not just individuals, but branches of knowledge that are confused by it; this is a mistake ...
5. Following @SF's response to my comment, am posting the phrase to come into a windfall as an answer. Bearing the brunt refers to putting up with the worst of a bad situation/circumstance, while to come into a windfall or reap a windfall refers to the converse - sudden, unexpected good fortunes. Share. Improve this answer.