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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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

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The Textile-to-Textile Ecosystem Award went to the Circulose Recycling Ecosystem, commending the brand commitments and fiber-producer partnerships supporting the Swedish company’s industrial restart.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
When the actual resolution commending Biss came before the council, Ald.

— Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of commending

Adjective

Because in post-Covid times distributors and exhibitors were thankful enough to even hit $8 billion in North America.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of thankful

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But acknowledging a property’s cheesy elements isn’t the same as generating consistent laughs from the situation.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Also, historically, the Pentagon's procurement decisions have reduced spending on ammunition and missiles to free up money for fighter jets, tanks and warships, even while acknowledging that those weapons are essential to war fighting.

— James LaPorta, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of acknowledging

Adjective

Instead, captain Jared Spurgeon took the team’s new military-style helmet, complete with night-vision goggles attached, and delivered it to an appreciative Lorenz.

— Michael Russo, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
The filmmaker was showered with love and adoration by appreciative fans.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of appreciative

Adjective

Welcome back Insiders, glad to have you here after a busy week in Cannes and plenty else going on.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
The publisher was so glad, saying thank you because the book is back, and on top of that, the world is discovering that character.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026

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