thank God

== English == === Etymology === Of present subjunctive mood; semantically equivalent to God be thanked. === Pronunciation === === Interjection === thank God! Used to express gratitude or relief, usually literally (religiously) but sometimes figuratively (nonreligiously). Synonym: thanks be Near-synonyms: (synonymous in nonliteral usage) thank goodness, thank heavens; (similar intent) praise be, praise be to God, praise the Lord; (non-Abrahamic, including polytheistic, often facetiously/nonreligiously) thank gods, thank Goddess, thank goddesses; (irreverently, obscenely) thank fuck; (Judaism) baruch Hashem; (Islam) alhamdulillah ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ====