Synonyms of thanking

thanking 1 of 2

adjective

as in grateful

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

thanking

2 of 2

verb

present participle of thank

as in commending

to tell (someone) that you are grateful for something that he or she has done or given

I thanked her for giving me the present.

I want to thank everyone who helped today.

Related Words

• commending
• acknowledging
• applauding
• congratulating
• praising
• honoring
• complimenting
• crediting
• recognizing
• citing
• saluting
• extolling
• lauding
• cheering
• feting
• acclaiming
• celebrating
• touting
• hailing
• memorializing
• commemorating
• glorifying
• laureating
• observing
• felicitating

Dissimilar Words

• discrediting
• dishonoring
• shaming
• disgracing
• humbling
• humiliating
• slandering
• defaming
• maligning
• condemning
• denouncing
• jeering
• libeling
• hissing
• booing
• hooting
• mocking
• ridiculing
• bad-mouthing
• censuring
• damning
• slighting
• putting down
• reprobating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of thanking

Verb

Russell suggests giving kids practical goals that accomplish a goal around the house or within the family—watering plants, setting the table, folding laundry—and thanking them for their help. — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 7 July 2026

Delcy Rodriguez, Jorge Rodriguez and Diosdado Cabello giving medals and thanking US Search and Rescue teams in La Guaira. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026

As the halftime whistle blew, fans surely would have been thanking the gods for the respite, not from the heat, but rather the lack of any substantive action. — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 4 July 2026

The singer asked for their firstborn in a video message thanking them for their generous $2 million donation to her Imagination Library ahead of their upcoming wedding. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026

On July 3, the country legend shared a video thanking the soon-to-be newlyweds for their generous $2 million donation to her literacy charity Imagination Library, which provides free books to children. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 3 July 2026

On Friday, July 3, the country legend shared an Instagram Reel thanking the pop megastar and NFL player ahead of their wedding. — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

Netherlands teammates could be seen thanking goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen after his game-saving save minutes earlier. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 June 2026

The Steel Across America tour made a stop in Los Angeles today, with its 16,000-pound steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center on display and New York Fire Department representatives thanking LA first responders. — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 30 June 2026