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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The Vatican released a letter Leo wrote to Re on Sunday — the day of his announcement — thanking him for his lifelong service to the church. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 Several Florida residents traveled to the meeting to voice their support for Ladapo and the vaccine repeal, thanking him for standing up for parents’ rights and even asking him for a selfie. — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026 Yeager appeared in a video after the bond passed, thanking the public for its support and discussing why school closures were imminent. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for thanking

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Still, after months of often contentious dialogue with government officials, local producers are grateful that both sides have found a way through the impasse.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
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

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

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The actor said the film was deliberately kept short, acknowledging that today's audiences may not have the patience to sit through a lengthy saga.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Recognizing, acknowledging and working to rectify, wherever possible, the moral blindspots, inequities and shortfalls of the past is not hatred for our nation, as some suggest.

— James Coffin, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of acknowledging

Adjective

In short, America is divided not because certain groups are souring on science, but because others are becoming more appreciative of its benefits.

— Nicholas Florko, STAT, 10 Oct. 2026
The walls and ceilings are plastered in layers upon layers of dollar bills stapled down by appreciative customers.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of appreciative

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

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