thankful

1. 1.

   feeling or showing gratitude

   “a grateful heart”

   “grateful for the tree's shade”

   “a thankful smile”

   Synonymsgrateful

   Similarappreciativeglad

Other forms of thankful

comparative

thankfuller·

superlative

thankfullest·

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 thankful

What does thankful mean?

thankful means "feeling or showing gratitude".

How many syllables are in thankful?

thankful has 2 syllables: thank-ful. The stress falls on "thank". In IPA it is /ˈθæŋkfəl/.

What is another word for thankful?

Close synonyms include grateful. 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.

Is thankful a common word?

thankful 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.