thankful
[adjective]
Synonyms: grateful, appreciative, beholden, indebted, obliged, pleased, relieved

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Antonyms: thankless, unthankful
Contrasted words: unappreciative, ungrateful

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

thank‧ful /ˈθæŋkfəl/ adjective [not before noun]
[Word Family: noun: thanks, thankfulness; adjective: thankful, thankless; verb: thank; adverb: thankfully]
[Language: Old English; Origin: thancful, from thanc; ⇒ thanks²]
grateful and glad about something that has happened, especially because without it the situation would be much worse
thankful for
I’ll be thankful for a good night’s sleep after the week I’ve had.
thankful (that)
She was thankful that Chantal was there.
thankful to do something
I was thankful to make any sort of progress at all.
—thankfulness noun [uncountable]
⇒ be thankful for small mercies/favours at small¹(13)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

thankful
adj.
VERBS be, feel, seem
ADV. deeply, extremely, very | just I'm just thankful that my mother never lived to see this.
PREP. for We were thankful for the chance to rest.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

thankful
adjective
BAD: I'm very thankful to you for giving me this opportunity.
GOOD: I'm very grateful to you for giving me this opportunity.

Usage Note:
thankful = happy and relieved that something (good) has happened: 'We should all be thankful that nobody was hurt.'
grateful = full of thanks: 'Dr Cameron has received dozens of letters from grateful patients.' 'We'd be grateful if you could let us have your views on this matter.'

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Common Errors ▲