thank god

Interjection capitalized: thank God

1. Used to express gratitude or relief, either literally (religiously) or figuratively (nonreligiously).
   • Near-synonyms: (synonymous in nonliteral usage) thank goodness, thank heavens; (similar intent) praise be, praise be to God, praise the Lord; (non-Abrahamic, including polytheistic, often facetiously/nonreligiously) thank gods, thank Goddess, thank goddesses; (irreverently, obscenely) thank fuck...
   • There is the story of the famous Hollywood glamour photographer who cooled his heels around Washington for three months while waiting for one of our leading commanders, and then was granted exactly 15 minutes for the sitting. […] Our military leaders simply don't have time for such trivia. Thank...1943 December, Herbert L. Bregstein, “The Armored Force and the Camera”, in Popular Photography, volume 13, number 6, page 77

   Synonyms:

   thanks be, thank goodness, thank heavens, praise be, praise be to God, praise the Lord, thank gods, thank Goddess, thank goddesses, thank fuck