Thesaurus:hey

Thesaurus

hey

English

Interjection

Sense: exclamation used to get attention

Synonyms

• ahem
• ahoy (nautical)
• cooee (chiefly Australia)
• hey
• heyo
• hoi (chiefly Britain)
• hoo man (British dialect)
• oi (Commonwealth)
• oi oi (British, slang)
• yo (slang)
• yoohoo

Hyponyms

• lo    [⇒ thesaurus]
• heads up    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hist
• psst

See also

• Thesaurus:attention (noun)
• Thesaurus:pay attention (verb)

Further reading

• “457. attention” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.