thank God

Of present subjunctive mood; semantically equivalent to God be thanked.

thank God!

1. 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

   • 1943 December, Herbert L. Bregstein, “The Armored Force and the Camera”, in Popular Photography, volume 13, number 6, page 77:

     There is the story of the famous Hollywood glamour photographer who cooled his heels around Washington for three months while waiting for one of our leading commanders, and then was granted exactly 15 minutes for the sitting. […] Our military leaders simply don't have time for such trivia. Thank God!