THANKING Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in grateful

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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.

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Recent Examples of thanking

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David Zaslav, Warner Bros Discovery’s CEO (for a few more hours, anyway), has started his goodbyes, thanking employees in a video posted Monday on the company’s internal portal. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 Fariala, who was not in Pingyao, sent a video thanking the festival and closed it by singing a folk song. — Jenny S. Li, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026 People thanking her for agreeing with them doesn't establish that her position is correct. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Taking the stage on Sunday to bestow longtime friend Swift with the inaugural MTV VMA Artist Director Honors, Dakota Johnson hugged the award’s winner, who kicked off her acceptance speech by thanking MTV for offering a platform for music videos. — Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2026 Afterward, Kristofcak received many private notes from people thanking him for his comments. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 The homestead also has a letter Nathan Hale sent to his sisters thanking them for sending him materials. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 The drag queen, Alyssa Edwards, responded on social media, thanking Talarico and quoting the Bible. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026 After thanking Margulies and the Television Academy for the honor, Fox spoke to the legacy of Bob Hope. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for thanking

Adjective

For all his success over the years, the Dodgers are grateful that Díaz did not insist upon returning as a closer.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
And this column is eternally grateful for his help in getting us through another day of quadrupleheader weirdness and wildness.

— Jayson Stark, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of grateful

Adjective

Charity and neighborliness helped a lot — many victims are still thankful to churches and neighbors that volunteered their labor, according to Whitney Bailey, a disaster response project director at AppalReD Legal Aid.

— Michael Phillis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Nelson will continue to serve as the organization’s president and CEO, and is thankful for the support of his board.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of thankful

Verb

Lee then paused all executions after acknowledging the state had failed to ensure its lethal injection drugs were properly tested.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Nucleus is now offering a less glamorous demonstration of that challenge, sharing nearly two hours of uncut factory work while acknowledging that the robot still relies significantly on human assistance.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of acknowledging

Adjective

More than 80 employees reacted with approving emojis, and the first reply was excited and appreciative.

— Garrison Lovely, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
But at the same time, very grateful now looking back, and appreciative of everybody that was there with me with the process.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of appreciative

Verb

So how did that work out for you, with this whole world applauding you for this, and then knowing people are pissed off too?

— Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
The post was accompanied by pictures of him in a Man City shirt celebrating with club chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, lifting the Champions League trophy, applauding the fans and celebrating the Premier League title in 2023.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of applauding

Adjective

Somewhere between all the wings and dips, someone will be glad to see something fresh.

— Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 26 Sep. 2026
The 6-foot, 200-pound Jenkins, known as Lightz by his teammates, wasn’t nervous about taking the field, just glad to be back on the football field.

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of glad

Verb

In between posts promoting her events, Campbell Ortiz frequently posted about her children, congratulating one daughter for graduating high school and wishing one son happy birthday and cheering on his basketball team.

— Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026
Try sending a useful article, congratulating a client on a milestone, sharing an industry development or simply checking in periodically.

— Peter Burns, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

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