grateful

Meaning

1. Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
2. (archaic) Of a thing or (obsolete) person: pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable, pleasant, welcome.

Opposite of

ingrateful, ungrateful

Synonyms

thankful

appreciative

gratitude

indebted

obliged

pleasant

gratifying

thank

agreeable

pleasurable

pleasing

appreciatory

faithful

fertile

gainly

gratified

happy

😀

joyful

likable

likeable

lovely

loyal

nice

palatable

personable

pleased

satisfied

😆

sweet

sympathizing

welcome

be grateful

good

👍

evoking gratitude

affectionate

appealing

appreciated

beholden

cheerful

comfortable

conscientious

contented

delightful

dulcet

engaging

Translations

reconnaissant

dankbar

agradecido

grato

riconoscente

agradecido

dankbaar

grato

agraït

minnettar

erkenntlich

ευγνώμων

ευγνώμονας

erkentelijk

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɹeɪtfəl/

Etymology

From grate (“(obsolete) serving to gratify, agreeable, pleasing; grateful, thankful”) + -ful (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of tending to have or thoroughly having a quality). Grate is a learned borrowing from Latin grātus (“agreeable, pleasing; beloved, dear; grateful, thankful”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to express approval, praise; to elevate”).