Meanings
alternative no, thank you · alternative initialism NTY
- A polite way of saying no in response to an offer.
“Do you want all the strawberries we didn't eat?” “No thank you, I'm full.”
2 more examples
‘Have some tea?’ ‘No, thank you.’
1970, Iris Murdoch, A Fairly Honourable Defeat, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1979, →ISBN, page 357Fallon: David Blaine is eating nails right now. This is insane. This is...this is all real. This is crazy. Blaine: You want some? Fallon: No thank you, I don't want to eat...how? How?
2022 September 15, 9:20 from the start, in David Blaine Freaks Jimmy Out with a Terrifying Card and Nail Trick The Tonight Show (Comedy), spoken by David Blaine and Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2022Synonyms: no thanks, thanks but no thanks · Antonyms: yes please
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionA polite way of saying no in response to an offer.
Origin
From earlier no, thank you.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 唔使喇
- 唔使喇 (m⁴ sai² laa³)polite way of saying no
Chinese Mandarin 不要，謝謝 /不要, 谢谢
- 不要，謝謝 /不要polite way of saying no
- 谢谢 (bùyào, xièxie)polite way of saying no
Czech ne, děkuji
- ne, děkujipolite way of saying no
Danish nej tak, ellers tak
- nej takpolite way of saying no
- ellers takpolite way of saying no
Dutch nee dank u
- nee dank upolite way of saying no
Finnish ei kiitos
- ei kiitospolite way of saying no
French non merci
- non mercipolite way of saying no
German nein danke
- nein dankepolite way of saying no
Greek όχι ευχαριστώ
- όχι ευχαριστώ (óchi efcharistó)polite way of saying no
Hungarian köszönöm, nem
- köszönöm, nempolite way of saying no
Indonesian tidak, terima kasih
- tidak, terima kasihpolite way of saying no
Italian no, grazie
- no, graziepolite way of saying no
Japanese 結構です
- 結構です (kekkō desu)polite way of saying no
Korean 됐어요, 됐습니다
- 됐어요 (dwaesseoyo)polite way of saying no
- 됐습니다 (dwaetseumnida)polite way of saying no
Latin benignē, nōn gratiās agō
- benignēpolite way of saying no
- nōn gratiās agōpolite way of saying no
Norwegian nei takk
- nei takkpolite way of saying no
Polish nie, dziękuję
- nie, dziękujępolite way of saying no
Portuguese não, obrigado, não, obrigada
- não, obrigadopolite way of saying no
- não, obrigadapolite way of saying no
Russian нет, спаси́бо
- нет, спаси́бо (net, spasíbo)polite way of saying no
Spanish no, gracias
- no, graciaspolite way of saying no
Swedish nej tack
- nej tackpolite way of saying no
Thai ไม่เป็นไร ขอบคุณ
- ไม่เป็นไร ขอบคุณpolite way of saying no
Urdu نہیں شکریہ
- نہیں شکریہ (nahĩ śukriya)polite way of saying no
Vietnamese dạ không cám ơn
- dạ không cám ơnpolite way of saying no
Welsh dim diolch
- dim diolchpolite way of saying no
Cite this entry
no thank you. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20thank%20you
“no thank you.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20thank%20you. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “no thank you,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20thank%20you.
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