Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
manna (noun)1.
a) food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness
b) divinely supplied spiritual nourishment
c) a usually sudden and unexpected source of gratification, pleasure, or gain
2.
a) the sweetish dried exudate of a Eurasian ash (especially ) that contains and has been used as a laxative and demulcent - Fraxinus ornus mannitol
b) a similar product excreted by a scale insect () feeding on the tamarisk - Trabutina mannipara
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
manna (noun)1.
a source of great satisfaction
SYNONIMS:
delectation, feast, gas, joy, kick, manna, pleasure, treatRELATED WORDS:
amusement, diversion, entertainment, fun, recreation; comfort, relief, solace; gratification, indulgence; ambrosia2.
something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing
SYNONIMS:
benediction, benefit, boon, felicity, godsend, good, manna, windfallRELATED WORDS:
grace, mercy; favor, kindness, mitzvah; advantage, aid, assistance, gift, help, relief, support; anodyne, comfort, consolation, solace; bonus, extra, lagniappe; delight, joy, pleasureNEAR ANTONYMS:
hex, hoodoo, jinx; bother, irritant, nuisance, pest; disadvantage; cross, misery, trial, tribulation