adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ʊ)l/
General-American:/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/
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rhymes with -eɪtfəl
CMU ARPABET:G R EY1 T F AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I’m grateful that you helped me out.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: glad
Antonyms: ingrateful, ungrateful
2
adj
Meaning 2
Of a thing or (obsolete) person: pleasing to the mind or senses; agreeable, pleasant, welcome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: ingrateful, ungrateful
3
adjective
Meaning 3
feeling or showing gratitude
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a grateful heart
grateful for the tree's shade
a thankful smile
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thankful
Antonyms: ungrateful
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
affording comfort or pleasure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the grateful warmth of the fire
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
103 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
dankbaar
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Albanian:
mirënjohës
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Southern Altai:
алкышту
(alkïštu)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Arabic:
مُمْتَنّ
(mumtann)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Arabic:
شَاكِر
(šākir)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Arabic:
شَكُور
(šakūr)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Armenian:
շնորհակալ
(šnorhakal)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Azerbaijani:
minnətdar
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Basque:
esker oneko
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Belarusian:
удзя́чны
(udzjáčny)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Belarusian:
ўдзя́чны
(wdzjáčny)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Bengali:
শোকরগুজার
(śōkorgujar)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Bulgarian:
благода́рен
(blagodáren)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Bulgarian:
призна́телен
(priznátelen)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Burmese:
ကျေးဇူးသိ
(kye:ju:si.)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Catalan:
agraït
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Cherokee:
ᎠᎵᎮᎵᎩ
(aliheligi)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Chinese Mandarin:
感激
(gǎnjī)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Chinese Mandarin:
感謝 /感谢
(gǎnxiè)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Czech:
vděčný
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Danish:
taknemlig
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Danish:
taknemmelig
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Dutch:
dankbaar
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Esperanto:
danka
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Esperanto:
dankema
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Estonian:
tänulik
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Faroese:
takksamur
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Finnish:
kiitollinen
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
French:
reconnaissant
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Georgian:
მადლიერი
(madlieri)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
German:
dankbar
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
German:
erkenntlich
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Greek:
ευγνώμων
(evgnómon)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Ancient Greek:
εὐχάριστος
(eukháristos)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Gujarati:
આભારી
(ābhārī)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Gujarati:
કૃતજ્ઞ
(kŕtajñ)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Hebrew:
אסיר תודה
(asír todá)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Hindi:
आभारी
(ābhārī)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Hindi:
कृतज्ञ
(kŕtajña)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Hungarian:
hálás
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Icelandic:
þakklátur
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Indonesian:
bersyukur
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Ingrian:
kiitolliin
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Irish:
altaitheach
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Irish:
buíoch
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Irish:
buíochas a bheith ag
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Italian:
grato
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Japanese:
有難い
(arigatai)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Japanese:
感謝する
(kansha suru)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Kazakh:
игілікті
(igılıktı)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Khmer:
អរគុណ
(ʼɑɑ kun)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Khmer:
ដឹងគុណ
(dəng kun)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Khmer:
កតវេទី
(kaʼtaʼveitii)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Korean:
감사하다
(gamsahada)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Korean:
고맙다
(gomapda)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Central Kurdish:
مەمنوون
(memnûn)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Kyrgyz:
алкыштуу
(alkıştuu)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Kyrgyz:
ыраазы
(ıraazı)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Latin:
grātus
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Latvian:
pateicīgs
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Lithuanian:
dėkingas
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Lutuv:
law
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Luxembourgish:
dankbar
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Macedonian:
благодарен
(blagodaren)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Malay:
bersyukur
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Norman:
r'connaîssant
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Norwegian Bokmål:
takknemlig
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Norwegian Nynorsk:
takknemleg
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Occitan:
reconeissent
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Odia:
କୃତଜ୍ଞ
(krutajña)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Persian:
ممنون
(mamnun)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Persian:
متشکر
(motšakker, motešakker)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Persian:
شاکر
(šâker)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Persian:
سپاسگزار
(sepâsgozâr)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Plautdietsch:
dankboa
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Polish:
wdzięczny
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Portuguese:
agradecido
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Portuguese:
grato
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Romanian:
mulțumitor
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Romanian:
recunoscător
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Romansh:
savair grà (a)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Russian:
благода́рный
(blagodárnyj)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Russian:
призна́тельный
(priznátelʹnyj)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Serbo-Croatian:
за́хва̄лан
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Serbo-Croatian:
záhvālan
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Slovak:
vďačný
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Slovene:
hvaležen
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Spanish:
agradecido
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Swedish:
tacksam
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Tajik:
мамнун
(mamnun)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Tajik:
муташаккир
(mutašakkir)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Tajik:
сипосгузор
(siposguzor)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Thai:
กตัญญู
(gà-dtan-yuu)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Thai:
รู้คุณ
(rúu-kun-ná)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Turkish:
minnettar
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Turkish:
müteşekkir
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Ottoman Turkish:
شاكر
(şakir)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Turkmen:
minnetdar
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Ukrainian:
вдя́чний
(vdjáčnyj)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Uzbek:
minnatdor
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Vietnamese:
biết ơn
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Welsh:
diolchgar
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
Yiddish:
דאַנקבאַר
(dankbar)
— of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation — see also appreciative, thankful
