Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "thank" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

serve to convey gratitude

Derived Terms

bethank no thank you pickthank pickthanking rethank shun-thank thank God it's Friday thank Goddess thank Goddesses thank fuck thank god thank gods thank goodness thank heavens thank one's lucky stars thank one's stars thank science thank the goddesses thank the gods thank u thank ya thank ye thank ye so very much thank you thank you all thank you card thank you very much thank-offering thank-picking thank-render thank-you thank-you-ma'am thankable thanker thankful thanking thankless thankly thanks-living thanksdoing thanksgive thanksgiver thanksprayer thankworth thankworthy thankworthy unthank unthanking wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am

Etymologically Related To

thought

First Subevents

express gratitude look in eye say thank smile

Prerequisites

attempt to show appreciation buy present do now do quickly express appreciattion find give present have reason to thank have to thank for keep simple polite receive help from say thank say thanks send card send flowers send gift send handwritten note send letter send note send thank letter send thank note shake hand sincere talk to another person write card write nice thank note write note write thank note write thankyou letter write thankyou note x

Subevents

appreciate compliment both people feel good express appreciation person will feel appreciated say you're welcome show appreciation sincere smile thank back

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

convey

Manner Of

convey

Motivated By Goal

appreciate did for did good for did nice for express gratitude express thanks feel good grateful grateful to helped show appreciation were kind to

Related Terms

appreciation credit express gratitude hold responsible thank you thanks

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.