Meanings
alternative pronunciation spelling uncommon Godbless · alternative pronunciation spelling uncommon Gobbless · alternative pronunciation spelling uncommon Gobless
- God bless you: a short prayer for the recipient, or a nonliteral well-wishing benediction or valediction culturally inspired by such prayer and thematically concordant with it.
Goodbye, and God bless!
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Near-synonyms: God love (someone or something), Godspeed, good luck
Synonyms: God love someone, Godspeed, good luck · Antonyms: goddamn, goddamnit
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionGod bless you: a short prayer for the recipient, or a nonliteral well-wishing benediction or valediction culturally inspired by such prayer and thematically concordant with it.
Origin
Ellipsis of God bless you and similar phrases.
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God bless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/God%20bless
“God bless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/God%20bless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “God bless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/God%20bless.
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