grateful

Other forms of grateful

comparative

gratefuller·

superlative

gratefullest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about grateful

What does grateful mean?

grateful means "feeling or showing gratitude". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in grateful?

grateful has 2 syllables: grate-ful. The stress falls on "grate". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹeɪtfəl/.

What is another word for grateful?

Close synonyms include thankful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of grateful?

The recorded antonyms are ungrateful.

Is grateful a common word?

grateful is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with grateful?

1 word rhymes with grateful. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.