thanks

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/ˈθæŋks/[ˈθæŋks]UK, nonstandard[ˈfæŋks]nonstandard[ˈðæŋks]

interjection

Used to express appreciation or gratitude.

“Would you like some potatoes? — Thanks. —How many?”

Very commonScrabble 13

Meanings

interjection

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  1. Used to express appreciation or gratitude.

    Would you like some potatoes? — Thanks. —How many?

    2 more examples

    Could you give me a hand, please? — Yes, sure. — Thanks. —Have you got enough now? —Yes, thanks.

    Thanks, courteous wall: Jove shield thee well for this!

    c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]

    Synonyms: beauty, cheers, chur, gracias, gramercy, h/t, hat tip, many thanks

nounthanks pl (normally plural, singular (obsolete) thank)

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  1. pluralplural normallyAn expression of appreciation or gratitude.

    After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is the thanks I get?

noun

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  1. obsoletepluralplural of thank
verb

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  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of thank

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*teng-“to think, feel”
  2. Proto-Germanic*þankōs
  3. Old Englishþancas“thanks”
  4. Middle Englishthanks
  5. Englishthanks

From Middle English thanks, thankes, from Old English þancas (“thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þankōs, nominative plural of *þankaz (“thought, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel”). More at thank.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans dankie
  • dankieused to express appreciation or gratitude
Ancient Greek εὐχαριστῶ, εὐχαρστία
  • εὐχαριστῶ (eukharistô)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • εὐχαρστία (eukharstía)grateful feelings
Arabic شُكْرًا
  • شُكْرًا (šukran)used to express appreciation or gratitude
Basque eskerrik asko, mila esker
  • eskerrik askoused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • mila eskerused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • esker aunitzused to express appreciation or gratitude
Bengali ধন্যবাদ, শুকরিয়া
  • ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • শুকরিয়া (śukriẏa)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)expression of gratitude
  • শুকরিয়া (śukriẏa)expression of gratitude
Bulgarian благодаря́, мерси́
  • благодаря́ (blagodarjá)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • мерси́ (mersí)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • призна́телност (priznátelnost)expression of gratitude
  • благода́рност (blagodárnost)expression of gratitude
  • призна́телност (priznátelnost)grateful feelings
  • благода́рност (blagodárnost)grateful feelings
Catalan gràcies, mercès
  • gràciesused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • mercèsused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • mercèexpression of gratitude
  • mercèsexpression of gratitude
  • gràciesexpression of gratitude
Chinese Cantonese 多謝 /多谢, 唔該 /唔该
  • 多謝 /多谢 (do¹ ze⁶)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • 唔該 /唔该 (m⁴ goi¹)used to express appreciation or gratitude
Chinese Mandarin 謝謝 /谢谢, 多謝 /多谢
  • 謝謝 /谢谢 (xièxie)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • 多謝 /多谢 (duōxiè)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • 三Q (sānkiù)used to express appreciation or gratitude
Czech díky, díky
  • díkyused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • díkyexpression of gratitude
Danish tak, tak
  • takused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • takexpression of gratitude
Dutch bedankt, dank je
  • bedanktused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • dank jeused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • dank uused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • thanksused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • merciused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • bedanktexpression of gratitude
  • dankgrateful feelings
Esperanto dankon, danko
  • dankonused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • dankoexpression of gratitude
Estonian tänan, aitäh
  • tänanused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • aitähused to express appreciation or gratitude
Finnish kiitos, kiitti
  • kiitosused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • kiittiused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • kiitosexpression of gratitude
  • kiitoksetexpression of gratitude
  • kiitoksetgrateful feelings
French merci, remerciements
  • merciused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • remerciementsexpression of gratitude
  • remerciementgrateful feelings
German danke, Dank
  • dankeused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Dankexpression of gratitude
  • Danksagungexpression of gratitude
  • Dankgrateful feelings
Greek ευχαριστώ, ευχαριστώ
  • ευχαριστώ (efcharistó)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • ευχαριστώ (efcharistó)expression of gratitude
  • ευχαριστία (efcharistía)grateful feelings
  • ευγνωμοσύνη (evgnomosýni)grateful feelings
Hebrew תּוֹדָה, חֵן חֵן
  • תּוֹדָה (todá)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • חֵן חֵן (khén khén)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • תּוֹדָה (todá)expression of gratitude
Hindi धन्यवाद, शुक्रिया
  • धन्यवाद (dhanyavād)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • शुक्रिया (śukriyā)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • थैंक्स (tha͠iks)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • थैंक्यू (tha͠ikyū)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • धन्यवाद (dhanyavād)expression of gratitude
  • कृतज्ञता (kŕtajñatā)grateful feelings
Hungarian köszönöm, köszi
  • köszönömused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • kösziused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • köszönetexpression of gratitude
  • hálagrateful feelings
Icelandic takk, takk fyrir
  • takkused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • takk fyrirused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • þakka þérused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • þökkexpression of gratitude
  • þakkargerðexpression of gratitude
  • þakkargjörðexpression of gratitude
Indonesian terima kasih
  • terima kasihused to express appreciation or gratitude
Irish go raibh maith agat, go raibh maith agaibh
  • go raibh maith agatused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • go raibh maith agaibhused to express appreciation or gratitude
Italian grazie, ringraziamento
  • grazieused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • ringraziamentograteful feelings
Japanese ありがとう, どうも
  • ありがとう (arigatō)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • どうも (dōmo)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • ありがとうございます (arigatō gozaimasu)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • 謝辞 (shaji)expression of gratitude
Korean 고마워, 고맙다
  • 고마워 (gomawo)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • 고맙다 (gomapda)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • 고마워요 (gomawoyo)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • 고맙습니다 (gomapseumnida)used to express appreciation or gratitude
Latin gratias, gratias ago
  • gratiasused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • gratias agoused to express appreciation or gratitude
Latvian paldies
  • paldiesused to express appreciation or gratitude
Lithuanian ačiū, dėkui
  • ačiūused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • dėkuiused to express appreciation or gratitude
Malay terima kasih
  • terima kasihused to express appreciation or gratitude
Norwegian takk
  • takkused to express appreciation or gratitude
Persian ممنون, سپاس
  • ممنون (mamnun)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • سپاس (sepâs)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • مرسی (mersi)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • تشکر (tašakkor)used to express appreciation or gratitude
Polish dziękuję, dzięki
  • dziękujęused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • dziękiused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • podziękaexpression of gratitude
  • podziękowanieexpression of gratitude
Portuguese obrigado, obrigada
  • obrigadoused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • obrigadaused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • valeuused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • agradecimentosexpression of gratitude
  • gratidãograteful feelings
  • agradecimentograteful feelings
Romanian mulțumesc, mersi
  • mulțumescused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • mersiused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • mulțumiriexpression of gratitude
Russian спаси́бо, благодарю́
  • спаси́бо (spasíbo)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • благодарю́ (blagodarjú)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • благода́рность (blagodárnostʹ)expression of gratitude
  • благода́рность (blagodárnostʹ)grateful feelings
Scottish Gaelic taing, taing
  • taingused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • taingexpression of gratitude
Slovak vďaka, ďakujem
  • vďakaused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • ďakujemused to express appreciation or gratitude
Spanish gracias, gracias
  • graciasused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • graciasexpression of gratitude
  • agradecimientograteful feelings
Swahili asante, nashukuru
  • asanteused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • nashukuruused to express appreciation or gratitude
Swedish tack, tackar
  • tackused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • tackarused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • tackexpression of gratitude
  • tackgrateful feelings
Tagalog salamat, salamat
  • salamatused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • salamatexpression of gratitude
  • pagsasalamatexpression of gratitude
Tamil நன்றி, நன்றி
  • நன்றி (naṉṟi)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • நன்றி (naṉṟi)expression of gratitude
  • நன்றிகள் (naṉṟikaḷ)grateful feelings
Thai ขอบคุณ
  • ขอบคุณ (kɔ̀ɔp-kun)used to express appreciation or gratitude
Turkish sağ ol, teşekkürler
  • sağ olused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • teşekkürlerused to express appreciation or gratitude
  • teşekkür ederimused to express appreciation or gratitude
Ukrainian дя́кую, спаси́бі
  • дя́кую (djákuju)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • спаси́бі (spasýbi)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • подя́ка (podjáka)expression of gratitude
Urdu شُکْرِیَہ, نَوَازِش
  • شُکْرِیَہ (śukriya)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • نَوَازِش (navāziś)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • مِہَرْبانی (meharbānī)used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • دھنیہ واد (dhanya-vād)used to express appreciation or gratitude
Vietnamese cám ơn
  • cám ơnused to express appreciation or gratitude
Welsh diolch
  • diolchused to express appreciation or gratitude
Yiddish דאַנק
  • דאַנק (dank)used to express appreciation or gratitude
Zulu ngiyabonga
  • ngiyabongaused to express appreciation or gratitude

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with thanks

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Cite this entry
APA

thanks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thanks

MLA

“thanks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thanks. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thanks,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thanks.

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