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greatful

greatful is the misspelling of grateful.

Meaning of grateful

Adjective

grateful (comparative gratefuller or more grateful, superlative gratefullest or most grateful)

  1. Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
    • I’m grateful that you helped me out.
    Synonyms:
    glad
  2. (archaic) Of a thing or (obsolete) person: pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable, pleasant, welcome.
    • [T]his is a guift / Very gratefull, I am ſure of it, to expreſſe / The like kindneſſe my ſelfe, that haue beene / More kindely beholding to you then any: […]c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Origin of greatful

Through false association with great.

Questions about greatful

What is greatful the misspelling of?
Greatful is the misspelling of grateful.

Words near greatful in the dictionary

  1. greatest story ever told
  2. greatest thing since sliced bread
  3. Greatford
  4. greatfruit
  5. greatfruits
  6. greatful
  7. greatfull
  8. greatgrandchild
  9. greatgrandchildren
  10. greatgranddaughter
  11. greatgranddaughters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: greatful (page history and authors); grateful (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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