thank-you note
Written appreciation message
A thank-you note is a short written message expressing gratitude, typically sent after receiving a gift, hospitality, or a favor.
Traditional etiquette considers them obligatory after weddings, job interviews, and similar occasions: She spent the afternoon writing thank-you notes for her graduation gifts.
The hyphenated form functions as a compound noun; the phrase without hyphens works as a statement: Thank you for the note.
- gratitudeThankfulness for kindness received
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- cardStiff paper rectangle
- stationeryCorrespondence writing materials
- envelopeFolded paper enclosure
handwritten · heartfelt · kindness · gift · baby shower · bridal shower · gesture · stamp · snail mail · pen · paper · personal touch · sincere · warm · thoughtful · courtesy · proper etiquette · acknowledgment
- correspondenceletters, letter, handwritten letters, family letters, missives
- interviewsjob interview, interviewer, panel interview, interviewee, group interview
- written correspondenceletter, love letter, letters, wartime letter, pen pal letter
- hiringhiring, job, interview, resume, application
- RSVP etiquettereply, confirm, decline, regrets, acceptance
thank-you notecomplaint letter
Written expression of dissatisfaction
hate mail · poison pen letter · nasty gram · letter of reprimand · formal complaint
thank-you noteDear John letter
Written romantic rejection
termination letter · rejection letter · pink slip · eviction notice · cancellation notice
thank, thanks, thanked, thanking, thankful, thankfully, thankfulness, thankless, thanklessly