Disclosed is a thermal transfer recording medium comprising (i) a support, (ii) an adhesion layer formed on said support and (iii) a heat-fusible colorant layer formed on said adhesion layer and containing a colorant and a heat-fusible substance; said heat-fusible colorant layer containing a polyoxyethylene type compound having in the molecule at least one polyoxyethylene chain moiety represented by --O--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2).sub.n wherein n is an integer of 2 or more.According to the medium of this invention, repeated uses are possible and images with high density can be obtained when a transfer paper with low surface smoothness or a transfer paper with high surface smoothness is employed.