Meanings
interjection
alternative dated good-evening
- Canadagenerally formal in USUsed as a greeting in the evening.
Good evening everyone and welcome to our 34th annual general meeting.
Synonyms: good-den[Appendix:Glossary
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionUsed as a greeting in the evening.
Similar
good-den[Appendix:Glossary
More synonyms by meaning
nouna conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good evening
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
An ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good evening.".
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans goeie naand
- goeie naandgreeting said in the evening
Arabic مَسَاء الْخَيْر, مَسَاء النُّور
- مَسَاء الْخَيْر (masāʔ al-ḵayr)greeting said in the evening
- مَسَاء النُّور (masāʔ an-nūr)greeting said in the evening
Bengali শুভ সন্ধ্যা
- শুভ সন্ধ্যা (śubho śonddha)greeting said in the evening
Bulgarian добъ́р ве́чер
- добъ́р ве́чер (dobắr véčer)greeting said in the evening
Catalan bon vespre
- bon vespregreeting said in the evening
Chinese Mandarin 晚上好, 晚安
- 晚上好 (wǎnshàng hǎo)greeting said in the evening
- 晚安 (wǎn'ān)greeting said in the evening
Czech dobrý večer
- dobrý večergreeting said in the evening
Danish godaften
- godaftengreeting said in the evening
Dutch goedenavond
- goedenavondgreeting said in the evening
Esperanto bonan vesperon
- bonan vesperongreeting said in the evening
Estonian tere õhtust, õhtust
- tere õhtustgreeting said in the evening
- õhtustgreeting said in the evening
Finnish hyvää iltaa, iltaa
- hyvää iltaagreeting said in the evening
- iltaagreeting said in the evening
French bonsoir
- bonsoirgreeting said in the evening
German guten Abend
- guten Abendgreeting said in the evening
Greek καλησπέρα, καλό βράδυ
- καλησπέρα (kalispéra)greeting said in the evening
- καλό βράδυ (kaló vrády)greeting said in the evening
Hawaiian aloha ahiahi
- aloha ahiahigreeting said in the evening
Hebrew עֶרֶב טוֹב
- עֶרֶב טוֹב (érev tov)greeting said in the evening
Hindi नमस्ते, शुभ संध्या
- नमस्ते (namaste)greeting said in the evening
- शुभ संध्या (śubh sandhyā)greeting said in the evening
Hungarian jó estét, jó estét kívánok
- jó estétgreeting said in the evening
- jó estét kívánokgreeting said in the evening
Icelandic gott kvöld
- gott kvöldgreeting said in the evening
Indonesian selamat malam
- selamat malamgreeting said in the evening
Irish tráthnóna maith agat
- tráthnóna maith agatgreeting said in the evening
Italian buona sera, buonasera
- buona seragreeting said in the evening
- buonaseragreeting said in the evening
Japanese 今晩は, お晩です
- 今晩は (konban wa)greeting said in the evening
- お晩です (o-ban desu)greeting said in the evening
Korean 안녕하세요, 좋은 저녁이에요
- 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo)greeting said in the evening
- 좋은 저녁이에요 (jo'eun jeonyeog-ieyo)greeting said in the evening
- 좋은 저녁입니다 (jo'eun jeonyeog-imnida)greeting said in the evening
Latvian labvakar, labs vakars
- labvakargreeting said in the evening
- labs vakarsgreeting said in the evening
Lithuanian labas vakaras
- labas vakarasgreeting said in the evening
Malay سلامت ڤتڠ, selamat petang
- سلامت ڤتڠgreeting said in the evening
- selamat petanggreeting said in the evening
Norwegian Bokmål god kveld, god aften
- god kveldgreeting said in the evening
- god aftengreeting said in the evening
Polish dobry wieczór
- dobry wieczórgreeting said in the evening
Portuguese boa noite, boa tarde
- boa noitegreeting said in the evening
- boa tardegreeting said in the evening
Romanian bună seara
- bună searagreeting said in the evening
Russian до́брый ве́чер
- до́брый ве́чер (dóbryj véčer)greeting said in the evening
Scottish Gaelic feasgar math
- feasgar mathgreeting said in the evening
Slovak dobrý večer
- dobrý večergreeting said in the evening
Spanish buenas noches, buenas tardes
- buenas nochesgreeting said in the evening
- buenas tardesgreeting said in the evening
- buenos vésperosgreeting said in the evening
Swahili habari ya jioni
- habari ya jionigreeting said in the evening
Swedish god kväll, god afton
- god kvällgreeting said in the evening
- god aftongreeting said in the evening
Tagalog magandang gabi
- magandang gabigreeting said in the evening
Thai สวัสดี, สายัณห์สวัสดิ์
- สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii)greeting said in the evening
- สายัณห์สวัสดิ์ (sǎa-yan-sà-wàt)greeting said in the evening
Turkish iyi akşamlar, tünaydın
- iyi akşamlargreeting said in the evening
- tünaydıngreeting said in the evening
Ukrainian до́брий ве́чір, добри́вечір
- до́брий ве́чір (dóbryj véčir)greeting said in the evening
- добри́вечір (dobrývečir)greeting said in the evening
Urdu شام بَخَیر, شَب بَخَیر
- شام بَخَیر (śām baxair)greeting said in the evening
- شَب بَخَیر (śab baxair)greeting said in the evening
Vietnamese chào buổi tối, xin chào buổi tối
- chào buổi tốigreeting said in the evening
- xin chào buổi tốigreeting said in the evening
Welsh noswaith dda
- noswaith ddagreeting said in the evening
Yiddish אַ גוטן אָוונט
- אַ גוטן אָוונט (a gutn ovnt)greeting said in the evening
Zulu sawubona, sanibonani
- sawubonagreeting said in the evening
- sanibonanigreeting said in the evening
Cite this entry
APA
good evening. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20evening
MLA
“good evening.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20evening. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “good evening,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20evening.
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