Synonyms for thankless
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Ungrateful
2. Unappreciated
3. Unrewarding
unrewarding, unpleasant, disagreeable, unprofitable, undesirable, unacceptable, profitless
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not appreciated or rewarded.
- adj. 2
Ungrateful or unappreciative.
Related words
- Word family
- thanklessness
Example sentences
- ungrateful The more you do for Tom, the more ungrateful he is.
- unappreciative How unappreciative can you get?
- unrewarding Admittedly, this is an unrewarding task, but somebody has got to deal with it.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| thankless | steady | |
| ungrateful | rising | |
| unappreciative | rising | |
| unthankful | rising | |
| unrewarding | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 10 letters
- unpleasant3, ungrateful3, unthankful, profitless
- 11 letters
- undesirable5, unrewarding
- 12 letters
- unacceptable5, unprofitable5, disagreeable5, ungratifying
- 13 letters
- unappreciated6
- 14 letters
- unappreciative
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unpleasant3 = 3 syllables).