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.

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.