thanks

NOUN

spoken or written appreciation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

gratitude recognition

STRONG

acknowledgment benediction blessing credit grace gratefulness praise thankfulness thanksgiving

WEAK

gramercy thank-you note

Antonyms

STRONG

condemnation disapproval

WEAK

criticism

Frequently Asked Questions

What is another word for thanks?

Thanks is an informal but very common way of saying thank you. There are a few other common phrases that can be used to thank someone, including I’m thankful, I’m grateful, I appreciate it, much appreciated, and much obliged. Words for thank you in other languages are sometimes used in English, including gracias (Spanish), danke (German), and merci (French). Thanks can also be a noun, meaning gratitude or appreciation, as in many thanks or We owe you our thanks. Showing gratefulness or thankfulness in this way often involves acknowledgement and recognition. This noun sense of thanks is what’s used in the term thanksgiving (and in the phrase give thanks). Sometimes the best way to say thanks to someone is to do something nice for them in return.

What are some synonyms for with thanks?

The phrase with thanks is sometimes used as a closing (sign-off) for emails and letters, as in With thanks, Susan With thanks is a bit more formal than the more common closings Thanks and Thank you. Even more formal is With gratitude. Sometimes, people double-down with the closing With thanks and appreciation. If you’d rather not use With thanks as the closing, you could say thank you in the body of the message and then use a more traditional closing, such as Sincerely.

Example Sentences

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But thanks to geography teachers as well as the board game Trivial Pursuit, people on all corners of the globe know what to ask when someone says he’s from Kansas City.

From The Wall Street Journal

The rebels were pushed back thanks to the intervention of the Rwandan army and Russian mercenaries from the Wagner paramilitary group.

From Barron's

Their own boat was left listing as water drained out of the canal, but thanks to water-pumping organised by the Canal and River Trust, they were afloat again, albeit temporarily displaced.

From BBC

That restriction wasn’t always the case, but it is nowadays thanks to the “deemed filing” rule.

From MarketWatch

Guardiola's use of his wingers this season has been another change and one that works partly thanks to the versatile full-backs.

From BBC

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