Grateful

//ˈɡɹeɪtf(ʊ)l//

Synonyms for "grateful" (70 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (14)

appreciative pleasant thankful acceptable acknowledging affable agreeable amiable amicable beholden blissful cheerful cheery cognizant

Strong matches (21)

Related words (35)

How these synonyms differ

appreciative - 'Appreciative' emphasizes recognition of value, you notice what someone did and acknowledge it. It can be more intellectual than the warmth of gratitude.
indebted - 'Indebted' implies obligation, you feel you owe something in return. Gratitude is free; indebtedness comes with strings.
obliged - 'Obliged' straddles gratitude and duty. 'Much obliged' is a polite thank-you, but feeling obliged can be a burden rather than a warm emotion.
thankful - 'Thankful' is the everyday cousin, you're thankful for a favor, grateful for something that changed your life. Gratitude runs deeper.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

Antonyms

2 entries

ungrateful

Synonyms

2 entries

appreciative thankful

Related terms

2 entries

gratitude ingrate

derived

6 entries

gratefully gratefulness ingrateful overgrateful pergrateful ungrateful

derived from

1 entries

ful

etymologically related_to

1 entries

ful

related to

5 entries

appreciative gratitude pleasing thankful welcome

similar

6 entries

appreciative glad pleasant

Translations

102 translations across 74 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

dankbaar adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Albanian

1 entries

mirënjohës adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

εὐχάριστος adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Arabic

3 entries

شَاكِر adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
شَكُور adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
مُمْتَنّ adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Armenian

1 entries

շնորհակալ adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

minnətdar adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Basque

1 entries

esker oneko adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Belarusian

2 entries

удзя́чны adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
ўдзя́чны adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Bengali

1 entries

শোকরগুজার adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Bulgarian

2 entries

благода́рен adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
призна́телен adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Burmese

1 entries

ကျေးဇူးသိ adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Catalan

1 entries

agraït adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

مەمنوون adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᎵᎮᎵᎩ adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

感激 adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
感謝 /感谢 adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Czech

1 entries

vděčný adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Danish

2 entries

taknemlig adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
taknemmelig adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Dutch

1 entries

dankbaar adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Esperanto

2 entries

danka adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
dankema adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Estonian

1 entries

tänulik adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Faroese

1 entries

takksamur adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Finnish

1 entries

kiitollinen adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

French

1 entries

reconnaissant adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Georgian

1 entries

მადლიერი adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

German

2 entries

dankbar adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
erkenntlich adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Greek

1 entries

ευγνώμων adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Gujarati

2 entries

આભારી adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
કૃતજ્ઞ adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Hebrew

1 entries

אסיר תודה adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Hindi

2 entries

आभारी adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
कृतज्ञ adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Hungarian

1 entries

hálás adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Icelandic

1 entries

þakklátur adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Indonesian

1 entries

bersyukur adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Ingrian

1 entries

kiitolliin adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Irish

3 entries

altaitheach adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
buíoch adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
buíochas a bheith ag adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Italian

1 entries

grato adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Japanese

2 entries

感謝する adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
有難い adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Kazakh

1 entries

игілікті adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Khmer

3 entries

កតវេទី adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
ដឹងគុណ adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
អរគុណ adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Korean

2 entries

감사하다 adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
고맙다 adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

алкыштуу adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
ыраазы adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Latin

1 entries

grātus adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Latvian

1 entries

pateicīgs adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Lithuanian

1 entries

dėkingas adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

dankbar adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Macedonian

1 entries

благодарен adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Malay

1 entries

bersyukur adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Norman

1 entries

r'connaîssant adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

takknemlig adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

takknemleg adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Occitan

1 entries

reconeissent adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Odia

1 entries

କୃତଜ୍ଞ adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

شاكر adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Persian

4 entries

سپاسگزار adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
شاکر adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
متشکر adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
ممنون adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

dankboa adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Polish

1 entries

wdzięczny adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Portuguese

2 entries

agradecido adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
grato adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Romanian

2 entries

mulțumitor adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
recunoscător adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Romansch

1 entries

savair grà (a) adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Russian

2 entries

благода́рный adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
призна́тельный adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

záhvālan adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
за́хва̄лан adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Slovak

1 entries

vďačný adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Slovene

1 entries

hvaležen adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Southern Altai

1 entries

алкышту adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Spanish

1 entries

agradecido adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Swedish

1 entries

tacksam adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Tajik

3 entries

мамнун adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
муташаккир adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
сипосгузор adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Thai

2 entries

กตัญญู adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
รู้คุณ adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Turkish

2 entries

minnettar adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)
müteşekkir adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Turkmen

1 entries

minnetdar adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Ukrainian

1 entries

вдя́чний adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Uzbek

1 entries

minnatdor adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Vietnamese

1 entries

biết ơn adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Welsh

1 entries

diolchgar adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Yiddish

1 entries

דאַנקבאַר adj (of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful)

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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I am very grateful to you for your help.

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I am grateful to you for inviting me to the party.

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I am grateful to you for your kindness.

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I am more than grateful to you for your help.

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