Meanings
- informalthank you, intensified.
Smith taking leave gently on the grey porch. With a thanks a million. One is enough stranger. And stepping down three steps to the hard path underneath the three great trees at the fork of this road. Turning to look back. The shadow standing in the light of the hall, gun at port arms.
1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 186
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Shortening of "thank you a million times"
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque mila esker
- mila eskerthanks a great many times
Chinese Mandarin 万分感激
- 万分感激thanks a great many times
Danish tusind tak
- tusind takthanks a great many times
Dutch duizendmaal dank
- duizendmaal dankthanks a great many times
Finnish paljon kiitoksia, kiitos tuhannesti
- paljon kiitoksiathanks a great many times
- kiitos tuhannestithanks a great many times
French merci mille fois, mille mercis
- merci mille foisthanks a great many times
- mille mercisthanks a great many times
German tausend Dank
- tausend Dankthanks a great many times
Icelandic þúsund þakkir
- þúsund þakkirthanks a great many times
Italian grazie mille
- grazie millethanks a great many times
Norwegian tusen takk
- tusen takkthanks a great many times
Polish stokrotne dzięki
- stokrotne dziękithanks a great many times
Romanian mii de mulțumiri
- mii de mulțumirithanks a great many times
Spanish un millón de gracias
- un millón de graciasthanks a great many times
Swedish tusen tack
- tusen tackthanks a great many times
Cite this entry
thanks a million. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thanks%20a%20million
“thanks a million.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thanks%20a%20million. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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