thank

Show appreciation to

To thank is to express gratitude: I thanked her for the gift.

The noun thanks means an expression of gratitude: Many thanks for your help.

Thanks also serves as an interjection equivalent to "thank you": Thanks, I appreciate it.

Thanks to attributes cause, often sarcastically: Thanks to the rain, the picnic was ruined.

No thanks to you emphasizes someone's lack of help.

expression

cheers

Casual toast or farewell

  • taInformal British gratitude
  • graciasCasual Spanish gratitude
  • merciFrench thank-you

danke · grazie · express · utter · voice · say · speak · reply · remark · compliment

gratitude

thankfulness

Appreciative state of mind

indebtedness · acknowledgment · recognition · heartfelt · touched · moved · warmth · sincerity · grace · goodwill

reciprocity

reciprocate

Return in kind

recompense · compensate · acknowledge · respond · exchange · give back · pay forward · mutual · indebted · obligation

politeness

courtesy

Respectful, considerate behavior

graciousness · decorum · propriety · tact · cordiality · pleasantry · formality · deference · acknowledgment · niceties

prayer

blessing

Prayer seeking divine favor

benediction · invocation · praise · hymn · psalm · liturgy · reverence · piety · spirituality · faith

Categories
Opposites
gratitude expression

thankblame

Assign responsibility for wrongdoing

reproach · rebuke · condemn · criticize · curse

credit attribution

thankblame

Assign responsibility for wrongdoing

fault · accuse · indict · impugn · reproach

Phrases
Family

thanks, thankful, thank you, thanked, thanking, thankless, thanksgiving, thank-you, unthanked

Familiarity
Top 500
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G