Thesaurus:goodbye

Thesaurus

goodbye

English

Interjection

Sense: a departure or closing salutation

Synonyms

• adieu (formal)
• adios (formal)
• aloha (Hawaii)
• arrivederci
• auf Wiedersehen
• au revoir
• badbye
• BCNU (Internet slang)
• bye (informal)
• bye-bye (informal)
• catch you later (informal)
• ciao (informal)
• cheerio (UK, informal)
• cheers    [⇒ thesaurus] (mainly UK, informal)
• cheery-bye (UK, informal)
• chur (NZ, informal)
• farewell (formal)
• good day
• Godspeed
• hasta la vista (slang)
• hasta la vista, baby (slang)
• have a nice day (US, informal)
• hooroo (Australia, colloquial)
• keep it real (slang)
• late    [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
• later (slang)
• laters (slang)
• peace out (slang)
• sayonara (informal)
• see ya (informal)
• see you (informal)
• see you after (UK, Scottish)
• see you in the funny papers
• see you later
• see you later alligator (informal)
• shalom
• smell ya later (humorous, informal)
• smell you later (humorous, informal)
• so long (informal)
• take care
• ta-ta (UK, informal)
• tatty bye (UK, informal)
• tinkety-tonk (dated, colloquial)
• toodle-oo (informal)
• toodle pip (UK, informal, dated)
• toodles (slang)
• TTFN (informal)
• ttyl (informal)

Antonyms

• hello    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• good morn
• good morning
• good afternoon
• good midday
• good day
• good eve
• good evening
• good night

Holonyms

• valediction

See also

• handshake
• kiss    [⇒ thesaurus]
• wave

Further reading

• “293. departure” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “farewell” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.