thankful
Syllables: thank·ful/ˈθæŋkfəl/
thankful adjective: showing appreciation or gratitude.
Adjective
thankful (comparative more thankful, superlative most thankful)
- Showing appreciation or gratitude.
- I'm thankful that you helped me out today. How can I ever repay you?
- Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.
Proper noun capitalized: Thankful
Thankful
- A female given name.
thankful meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
thankful in Hindi
- showing thanks
- कृतज्ञ kŕtajña, आभारी ābhārī
thankful in Tamil
- நன்றியுள்ள
thankful in Urdu
- showing thanks
- مشکور maśkūr, شاکر śākir
thankful in Bengali
- thankful, gratitude-expressing, appreciative
- কৃতজ্ঞতামূলক kṛtajñatāmūlak
More languagesFewer languages
- thankful in Malayalam
- നന്ദിയുളള, കടപ്പാടുളള, ഉപകാരസ്മരണനിറഞ്ഞ
- thankful in Kannada
- ಕೃತಜ್ಞತಾಪೂರ್ವಕ, ಕೃತಜ್ಞತೆಯುಳ್ಳ, ಕೃತಜ್ಞನಾದ
- thankful in Arabic
- شَاكِر šākir, شَكُور šakūr
- thankful in Malay
- berterima kasih
- thankful in Indonesian
- berterima kasih
- thankful in Persian
- سپاسگزار sepâsgozâr, شاکر šâker, ممنون mamnun, متشکر motšakker, motešakker
- thankful in Thai
- รู้คุณ rúu-kun-ná, กตัญญู gà-dtan-yuu
- thankful in Vietnamese
- biết ơn
- thankful in Myanmar
- ကျေးဇူးသိ kye:ju:si.
Examples of thankful in a sentence
- They gave thanks for whatever they deemed worth being thankful for and proceeded to party hardy.
- She has plenty of reasons to be thankful.
- The young adventurer set out on the new planet alone, thankful that she could still call on her captain for advice in case of emergency.
Synonyms of thankful
Antonyms
Forms of thankful
| comparative | more thankful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most thankful |
| alternative form (obsolete) | thankefull |
Origin of thankful
From Middle English thankful, from Old English þancful, þancfull (“thoughtful, pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, thankful, grateful”), equivalent to thank + -ful. Compare Old High German undankfol (“unthankful, ungrateful”).
Words formed from thankful
Phrases with thankful
Questions about thankful
- What does thankful mean?
- Thankful means showing appreciation or gratitude.
- What is thankful in Hindi?
- Thankful in Hindi is कृतज्ञ (kŕtajña), आभारी (ābhārī). See Thankful meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is thankful?
- Thankful can be an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce thankful?
- Thankful is pronounced /ˈθæŋkfəl/.
Words near thankful in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thankful (page history and authors); Thankful (page history and authors); thankful (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); কৃতজ্ঞতামূলক (Bengali) (page history and authors); thankful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thankful (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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