Synonyms for grateful
ˈgreɪt fəlgrate·ful

Wiktionary(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. gratefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   thankful, appreciative

   Antonyms:
   ungrateful

2. gratefuladjective

   Showing appreciation, being thankful.

   I'm grateful that you helped me out. Is there any way I can repay you?

   Synonyms:
   thankful, appreciative

   Antonyms:
   ungrateful

3. gratefuladjective

   Recognizing the importance of a source of pleasure.

   Synonyms:
   thankful, appreciative

   Antonyms:
   ungrateful

4. gratefuladjective

   Pleasing, welcome.

   Synonyms:
   appreciative, thankful

   Antonyms:
   ungrateful

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.60 / 5 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. grateful

   Agreeable refers to whatever gives a mild degree of pleasure; as, an agreeable perfume. Acceptable indicates a thing to be worthy of acceptance; as, an acceptable offering. Grateful is stronger than agreeable or gratifying, indicating whatever awakens a feeling akin to gratitude. A pleasant face and pleasing manners arouse pleasurable sensations, and make the possessor an agreeable companion; if possessed of intelligence, vivacity, and goodness, such a person's society will be delightful. Criminals may find each other's company congenial, but scarcely delightful. Satisfying denotes anything that is received with calm acquiescence, as substantial food, or established truth. That is welcome which is received with joyful heartiness; as, welcome tidings. Compare BEAUTIFUL; CHARMING; DELICIOUS.

   Synonyms:
   acceptable, agreeable, congenial, delicious, delightful, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, satisfying, welcome

   Antonyms:
   depressing, disappointing, distressing, hateful, horrible, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, saddening, woful, wretched

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. grateful

   Synonyms:
   pleasant, acceptable, agreeable, thankful, obliged, welcome

   Antonyms:
   unpleasant, unacceptable, disagreeable, ungrateful, disobliged

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 5 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. grateful, thankfuladjective

   feeling or showing gratitude

   "a grateful heart"; "grateful for the tree's shade"; "a thankful smile"

   Synonyms:
   thankful

   Antonyms:
   unpleasant, unappreciative, thankless, unthankful, ungrateful

2. gratefuladjective

   affording comfort or pleasure

   "the grateful warmth of the fire"

   Synonyms:
   thankful

   Antonyms:
   unappreciative, unpleasant, ungrateful, unthankful, thankless

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. gratefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   THANKFUL, obliged, indebted, beholden, under obligation

2. gratefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   agreeable, pleasing, pleasant, gratifying, acceptable, delightful, welcome, charming

3. gratefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   delicious, palatable, savory, nice, luscious, cordial, refreshing, invigorating

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. gratefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   thankful

   Antonyms:
   ungrateful

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1. List of paraphrases for "grateful":

   thankful, recognizing, appreciative, acknowledging, indebted, pleased, obliged, recognising, glad, happy

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1. Daniel Andrews:

   I want to say to Mr Frydenberg: Victorians are getting sick and tired of every time the Commonwealth Government spends $1 in Victoria, it’s treated like it’s foreign aid. Like we should bow our head and be grateful

2. Cristiano Ronaldo:

   Now it's time to be grateful for the life that we've just welcomed into this world.

3. Carly Pearce:

   I will say that I am grateful for quarantine, you know how fast our lives are, you know how easy it is to kind of tap into who we are as artists and kind of ignore our actual hearts and our actual lives and things like that.

4. Lamar Alexander:

   The bill will cut in half the nearly $ 12 billion deferred maintenance backlog in our parks, and Secretary Zinke has visited the Great Smoky Mountains National Park twice to discuss the importance of the bill, i'm grateful for Secretary Zinke service and appreciative of the work Secretary Zinke has done to help rebuild and restore our parks for generations to come.

5. Lauren London:

   My heart hears you. I feel you everywhere. I'm so grateful I had you, and until we meet again, The Marathon continues.