thanksgiving [thangks-giv-ing] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
thanksgiving [thangks-giv-ing]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: grace
Synonyms: benediction, blessing, invocation, petition, thanks
Main Entry: blessing
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sanctification
Synonyms: absolution, benedicite, benediction, benison, commendation, consecration, dedication, divine sanction, grace, invocation, laying on of hands, thanks, thanksgiving
Antonyms: blight, condemnation, curse, damnification, disapproval
Main Entry: grace
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: prayer
Synonyms: benediction, blessing, invocation, petition, thanks, thanksgiving
Example Sentences
  • Thanksgiving dinner is a runner's delight, a meal packed with carbs followed by more carbs.
  • Thanksgiving dinner doesn't have to be the kickoff to a month of holiday overeating.
  • Thanksgiving puts serious demands on any cook, and therefore makes a great excuse to invest in the latest cooking gadgets.
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Main Entry: gratitude
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: appreciation
Synonyms: acknowledgment, appreciativeness, grace, gratefulness, honor, indebtedness, obligation, praise, recognition, requital, response, responsiveness, sense of obligation, thankfulness, thanks, thanksgiving
Antonyms: ingratitude, thanklessness
Main Entry: thanks
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: spoken or written appreciation
Synonyms: acknowledgment, benediction, blessing, credit, grace, gramercy, gratefulness, gratitude, praise, recognition, thank you note, thankfulness, thanksgiving
Antonyms: criticism
Main Entry: toast
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: salutation when drinking alcohol
Synonyms: acknowledgment, celebration, ceremony, commemoration, compliment, down, drink, health, honor, pledge, proposal, salute, sentiment, shingle, thanksgiving, tribute
Related Words
Main Entry: thanks
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
beholden, forgotten, grateful, ill, ingrate, insensible of benefits, obliged, thankful, thankless, unacknowledged, under obligation, ungrateful, unmindful, unrequited, unrewarded, unthanked, unthankful, wanting in gratitude
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Gratitude.
Category: 2. Retrospective sympathetic affections
Synonyms:
-nouns
gratitude, thankfulness, feeling of obligation, sense of obligation., acknowledgment, recognition, thanksgiving, giving thanks; thankful good will., thanks, praise, benediction; paean; Te Deum (worship); grace, grace before meat, grace after meat; thank offering., requital.
-verbs
be grateful; thank; give thanks, render thanks, return thanks, offer thanks, tender thanks; acknowledge, requite., feel under an obligation, be under an obligation, lie under an obligation; not look a gift horse in the mouth; never forget, overflow with gratitude; thank one's stars, bless one's stars; fall on one's knees.
-adjectives
grateful, thankful, obliged, beholden, indebted to, under obligation.
Antonyms: ingratitude
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