Meanings
thankful1
comparative more thankful · superlative most thankful · alternative obsolete thankefull
- Showing appreciation or gratitude.
I'm thankful that you helped me out today. How can I ever repay you?
- obsoleteObtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.
Thankful2
- A female given name.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivefeeling or showing gratitude
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishþancful
- Middle Englishthankful
- Englishthankful
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”).
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek εὐχάριστος
- εὐχάριστος (eukháristos)showing thanks
Arabic شَاكِر, شَكُور
- شَاكِر (šākir)showing thanks
- شَكُور (šakūr)showing thanks
Bulgarian благода́рен, призна́телен
- благода́рен (blagodáren)showing thanks
- призна́телен (priznátelen)showing thanks
Catalan agraït
- agraïtshowing thanks
Chinese Mandarin 感謝 /感谢, 感激
- 感謝 /感谢 (gǎnxiè)showing thanks
- 感激 (gǎnjī)showing thanks
Czech vděčný
- vděčnýshowing thanks
Danish taknemmelig, taknemlig
- taknemmeligshowing thanks
- taknemligshowing thanks
Dutch dankbaar
- dankbaarshowing thanks
Esperanto dankema
- dankemashowing thanks
Estonian tänulik
- tänulikshowing thanks
Finnish kiitollinen
- kiitollinenshowing thanks
French reconnaissant
- reconnaissantshowing thanks
German dankbar
- dankbarshowing thanks
Greek ευγνώμων
- ευγνώμων (evgnómon)showing thanks
Hebrew אסיר תודה
- אסיר תודה (asír todá)showing thanks
Hindi कृतज्ञ, आभारी
- कृतज्ञ (kŕtajña)showing thanks
- आभारी (ābhārī)showing thanks
Hungarian hálás
- hálásshowing thanks
Indonesian berterima kasih
- berterima kasihshowing thanks
Italian riconoscente, grato
- riconoscenteshowing thanks
- gratoshowing thanks
Japanese 感謝する, 有難い
- 感謝する (kansha suru)showing thanks
- 有難い (arigatai)showing thanks
Korean 고맙다, 감사하다
- 고맙다 (gomapda)showing thanks
- 감사하다 (gamsahada)showing thanks
Latin grātus
- grātusshowing thanks
Latvian pateicīgs
- pateicīgsshowing thanks
Lithuanian dėkingas
- dėkingasshowing thanks
Malay berterima kasih
- berterima kasihshowing thanks
Norwegian Bokmål takknemlig
- takknemligshowing thanks
Persian سپاسگزار, شاکر
- سپاسگزار (sepâsgozâr)showing thanks
- شاکر (šâker)showing thanks
- ممنون (mamnun)showing thanks
- متشکر (motšakker, motešakker)showing thanks
Polish wdzięczny
- wdzięcznyshowing thanks
Portuguese grato, agradecido
- gratoshowing thanks
- agradecidoshowing thanks
Romanian recunoscător, mulțumitor
- recunoscătorshowing thanks
- mulțumitorshowing thanks
Russian благода́рный, призна́тельный
- благода́рный (blagodárnyj)showing thanks
- призна́тельный (priznátelʹnyj)showing thanks
Scottish Gaelic taingeil
- taingeilshowing thanks
Slovak vďačný
- vďačnýshowing thanks
Spanish agradecido
- agradecidoshowing thanks
Swedish tacksam
- tacksamshowing thanks
Thai รู้คุณ, กตัญญู
- รู้คุณ (rúu-kun-ná)showing thanks
- กตัญญู (gà-dtan-yuu)showing thanks
Turkish minnettar, müteşekkir
- minnettarshowing thanks
- müteşekkirshowing thanks
Ukrainian вдя́чний
- вдя́чний (vdjáčnyj)showing thanks
Urdu مشکور, شاکر
- مشکور (maśkūr)showing thanks
- شاکر (śākir)showing thanks
Vietnamese biết ơn
- biết ơnshowing thanks
Welsh diolchgar
- diolchgarshowing thanks
Yiddish דאַנקבאַר
- דאַנקבאַר (dankbar)showing thanks
Cite this entry
thankful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thankful
“thankful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thankful. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thankful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thankful.
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