Synonyms of grateful

grateful

adjective

ˈgrāt-fəl 

1

as in thankful

feeling or expressing gratitude

she was grateful for her neighbor's help after she broke her foot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thankful
• appreciative
• glad
• indebted
• obliged
• thanking
• appreciatory
• delighted
• beholden
• pleased
• contented
• satisfied
• gratified
• tickled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ungrateful
• unappreciative
• thankless
• thoughtless
• rude
• inappreciative
• ungracious
• inhospitable

2

as in pleasant

giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses

I'm glad for the grateful warmth of the fire on such a cold day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pleasant
• delicious
• delightful
• enjoyable
• nice
• sweet
• pleasing
• welcome
• good
• satisfying
• heavenly
• blessed
• happy
• pretty
• pleasurable
• gratifying
• comforting
• comfortable
• jolly
• amusing
• agreeable
• congenial
• tempting
• soothing
• tasty
• darling
• felicitous
• dreamy
• fascinating
• palatable
• luscious
• desirable
• delectable
• savory
• attractive
• charming
• blissful
• cheerful
• glad
• inviting
• dulcet
• gracious
• delightsome
• entertaining
• enviable
• alluring
• kindly
• enchanting
• joyous
• ecstatic
• hospitable
• calming
• amiable
• cheery
• affable
• goodly
• personable
• relishable
• genial
• exhilarating
• good-natured
• euphoric
• rapturous
• recreative
• felicific
• diverting
• elating
• intoxicating
• gemütlich
• nirvanic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unpleasant
• disagreeable
• unwelcome
• miserable
• sad
• wretched
• unpalatable
• horrid
• disgusting
• abominable
• repugnant
• hateful
• ghastly
• obnoxious
• repulsive
• unhappy
• offensive
• hellish
• vile
• distasteful
• odious
• abhorrent
• irksome
• tedious
• flat
• detestable
• repellent
• commonplace
• unsavory
• boring
• dull
• bilious
• tragic
• regrettable
• insipid
• gloomy
• pleasureless
• depressing
• sorrowful
• disheartening
• stale
• displeasing
• deplorable
• annoying
• dismal
• lamentable
• dreary
• mournful
• revulsive
• heartbreaking
• irritating
• joyless
• yucky
• god-awful
• exasperating
• aggravating
• vexing
• doleful
• hostile
• lugubrious
• perturbing
• heartrending
• dissatisfying
• disturbing
• dolorous
• infuriating
• maddening
• forbidding
• upsetting
• lachrymose
• distressing
• peeving
• intimidating
• enraging
• angering
• rankling
• outraging
• incensing
• riling
• inflaming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of grateful

New London Public Schools Superintendent Cynthia Ritchie said the district is grateful for the grant. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026

Some grateful recipients living in Portage and the surrounding township said their power had recently come back on but had little food left. — Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Harper arrived at Bates College in Maine in 2020 as an idealistic new PhD in comparative literature, grateful for the tenure-track job that promised him that rarest of prizes these days — a career in the humanities. — Gary Rosen, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026

Quatraro described him as fun to be around and, perhaps more than anything, grateful for the opportunity in front of him. — Latif Love, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026