thankful

[thangk-fuhl]

adjective

1. feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.

   Synonyms: indebted, beholden, obliged, grateful

thankful

/ ˈθæŋkfʊl /

adjective

1. grateful and appreciative

Other Word Forms

• thankfulness noun
• thankfully adverb
• superthankful adjective
• superthankfully adverb
• superthankfulness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of thankful¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English thancful; thank, -ful

Synonym Study

See grateful.

Example Sentences

I just try to be really thankful to God for those people in my life that meant something to me.

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“Microsoft works with advisors from a range of industries and is thankful for their expertise and insights,” a company spokesperson said.

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She is thankful that she has not lost her sight completely.

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"Because as you know, films like this where they're a bio film, a lot of times, the main subject isn't alive... So, I'm so thankful that he is," he added.

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Her fellow A-level student Tara said she was "really thankful" to have done her AS exams.

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Related Words

• contented 
• grateful 
• indebted 
• overwhelmed 
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• relieved 
• satisfied