good afternoon

phrase

A greeting or farewell said in the afternoon.

“Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming to our special meeting today.”

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afternoon
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Meanings

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  1. Canadarather formal in USA greeting or farewell said in the afternoon.

    Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming to our special meeting today.

    1 more example

    Jeeves: Good afternoon, madam. Landlady: Don't you good afternoon me. I'm a respectable woman. Jeeves: I have no reason to doubt it, madam.

    1992 April 5, “The Full House”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 2

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good afternoon

Similar
afternoon
Broader
greetingsalutationfarewellword of farewell
Also see
afternoonhave a nice day

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Probably a shortening of "I wish you a good afternoon."

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Translations

Afrikaans goeie middag
  • goeie middaggreeting said in the afternoon
Arabic مَسَاء الْخَيْر, مَسَاء النُّور
  • مَسَاء الْخَيْر (masāʔ al-ḵayr)greeting said in the afternoon
  • مَسَاء النُّور (masāʔ an-nūr)greeting said in the afternoon
  • السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُم (as-salāmu ʕalaykum)greeting said in the afternoon
  • نَهَارُكُم سَعِيد (nahārukum saʕīd)greeting said in the afternoon
Basque arratsalde on
  • arratsalde ongreeting said in the afternoon
Bengali শুভ অপরাহ্ন
  • শুভ অপরাহ্ন (śubho oporahno)greeting said in the afternoon
Bulgarian добъ́р ден
  • добъ́р ден (dobắr den)greeting said in the afternoon
Catalan bona tarda
  • bona tardagreeting said in the afternoon
Chinese Cantonese 午安
  • 午安 (ng⁵ on¹)greeting said in the afternoon
Chinese Mandarin 下午好, 你好
  • 下午好 (xiàwǔhǎo)greeting said in the afternoon
  • 你好 (nǐhǎo)greeting said in the afternoon
  • 午安 (wǔ'ān)greeting said in the afternoon
Czech dobrý den
  • dobrý dengreeting said in the afternoon
Danish god dag, god eftermiddag
  • god daggreeting said in the afternoon
  • god eftermiddaggreeting said in the afternoon
Dutch goedenamiddag, goeienamiddag
  • goedenamiddaggreeting said in the afternoon
  • goeienamiddaggreeting said in the afternoon
  • goedemiddaggreeting said in the afternoon
  • goeiemiddaggreeting said in the afternoon
  • goedendaggreeting said in the afternoon
Esperanto bonan posttagmezon
  • bonan posttagmezongreeting said in the afternoon
Estonian tere päevast
  • tere päevastgreeting said in the afternoon
Finnish hyvää päivää, hyvää iltapäivää
  • hyvää päiväägreeting said in the afternoon
  • hyvää iltapäiväägreeting said in the afternoon
French bonjour, bon après-midi
  • bonjourgreeting said in the afternoon
  • bon après-midigreeting said in the afternoon
German guten Tag, guten Nachmittag
  • guten Taggreeting said in the afternoon
  • guten Nachmittaggreeting said in the afternoon
Greek καλό απόγευμα, καλημέρα
  • καλό απόγευμα (kaló apógevma)greeting said in the afternoon
  • καλημέρα (kaliméra)greeting said in the afternoon
Hawaiian aloha ʻauinalā
  • aloha ʻauinalāgreeting said in the afternoon
Hebrew צָהֳרַיִם טוֹבִים
  • צָהֳרַיִם טוֹבִים (tsohoráyim tovím)greeting said in the afternoon
Hindi नमस्ते, शुभ दोपहर
  • नमस्ते (namaste)greeting said in the afternoon
  • शुभ दोपहर (śubh dopahar)greeting said in the afternoon
  • शुभ अपराह्न (śubh aprāhn)greeting said in the afternoon
  • गुड आफ़्टरनून (guḍ āfṭarnūn)greeting said in the afternoon
Hungarian jó napot, jó napot kívánok
  • jó napotgreeting said in the afternoon
  • jó napot kívánokgreeting said in the afternoon
Icelandic góðan dag
  • góðan daggreeting said in the afternoon
Indonesian selamat siang, selamat sore
  • selamat sianggreeting said in the afternoon
  • selamat soregreeting said in the afternoon
Italian buon pomeriggio, buongiorno
  • buon pomeriggiogreeting said in the afternoon
  • buongiornogreeting said in the afternoon
Japanese こんにちは, 今日は
  • こんにちは (konnichi wa)greeting said in the afternoon
  • 今日は (konnichi wa)greeting said in the afternoon
Korean 안녕하세요, 안녕하십니까
  • 안녕하세요 (annyeong-haseyo)greeting said in the afternoon
  • 안녕하십니까 (annyeong-hasimnikka)greeting said in the afternoon
  • 안녕 (annyeong)greeting said in the afternoon
  • 좋은 오후에요 (jo'eun ohu-eyo)greeting said in the afternoon
Latvian labvakar
  • labvakargreeting said in the afternoon
Lithuanian laba diena
  • laba dienagreeting said in the afternoon
Malay selamat petang
  • selamat petanggreeting said in the afternoon
Norwegian Bokmål god dag, god ettermiddag
  • god daggreeting said in the afternoon
  • god ettermiddaggreeting said in the afternoon
Polish dzień dobry
  • dzień dobrygreeting said in the afternoon
Portuguese boa tarde
  • boa tardegreeting said in the afternoon
Romanian bună ziua
  • bună ziuagreeting said in the afternoon
Russian до́брый день
  • до́брый день (dóbryj denʹ)greeting said in the afternoon
Scottish Gaelic feasgar math
  • feasgar mathgreeting said in the afternoon
Slovak dobrý deň
  • dobrý deňgreeting said in the afternoon
Spanish buenas tardes
  • buenas tardesgreeting said in the afternoon
Swahili masalkheri
  • masalkherigreeting said in the afternoon
Swedish god eftermiddag, god dag
  • god eftermiddaggreeting said in the afternoon
  • god daggreeting said in the afternoon
Tagalog magandang hapon, magandang tanghali
  • magandang hapongreeting said in the afternoon
  • magandang tanghaligreeting said in the afternoon
Thai สวัสดี
  • สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii)greeting said in the afternoon
Turkish iyi günler, tünaydın
  • iyi günlergreeting said in the afternoon
  • tünaydıngreeting said in the afternoon
Ukrainian до́брий день, добри́день
  • до́брий день (dóbryj denʹ)greeting said in the afternoon
  • добри́день (dobrýdenʹ)greeting said in the afternoon
Urdu دوپَہَر بَخَیر, گُڈ آفْٹَرْنُون
  • دوپَہَر بَخَیر (dopahar baxair)greeting said in the afternoon
  • گُڈ آفْٹَرْنُون (guḍ āfṭarnūn)greeting said in the afternoon
  • سَلام عَلَیکُم (salām 'alaikum)greeting said in the afternoon
  • سہ پہر بخیر (seh pahr baxair)greeting said in the afternoon
Welsh prynhawn da
  • prynhawn dagreeting said in the afternoon
Zulu sawubona, sanibonani
  • sawubonagreeting said in the afternoon
  • sanibonanigreeting said in the afternoon
Cite this entry
APA

good afternoon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20afternoon

MLA

“good afternoon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20afternoon. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “good afternoon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20afternoon.

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