thankful

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: thank=ful
• COUNT in NET: 2 in 2 verses (in NT : 2 in 2 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

thankful, a. [AS. þancfull.].

•  Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.  [1913 Webster]

  "Ladies, look here; this is the thankful glass
  That mends the looker's eyes; this is the well
  That washes what it shows."  [1913 Webster]
•  Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful.  [1913 Webster]

  "Be thankful unto him, and bless his name."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

thankful, adj.
1 grateful, pleased.
2 (of words or acts) expressive of thanks.

Derivative

thankfulness n.

Etymology

OE thancful (as THANK, -FUL)

ROGET THESAURUS

thankful

Gratitude

N gratitude, thankfulness, feeling of obligation, sense of obligation, acknowledgment, recognition, thanksgiving, thanksgiving, giving thanks, thankful good will, thanks, praise, benediction, paean, Te Deum, grace, grace before meat, grace after meat, grace before meals, grace after meals, thank offering, requital, grateful, thankful, obliged, beholden, indebted to, under obligation, Int, thanks!, many thanks!, gramercy!, much obliged!, thank you!, thank you very much!, thanks a lot!, thanks a heap, thanks loads, thank Heaven!, Heaven be praised!, Gott sei Dank!.