goodbye

good·bye
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UK/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/British, Southern, Standard/ɡɵdˈbɑj/US/ɡədˈbaɪ/US/ɡəˈbaɪ/

interjection

Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

“They made their good-byes.”

Similar
adieufarewellbyebye-byecatch you latermind how you goyayou
Opposite
hello
OriginEnglish goodinflu. ← Middle English yow ← Old English ēow →
CommonScrabble 14
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Meanings

interjection

alternative dated good-by · alternative dated goodby · alternative good-bye · alternative good bye · alternative colloquial g'bye · alternative informal bye · alternative informal 'bye

  1. Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

    Goodbye! - Goodbye, Anna.

    2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

    Synonyms: adieu, farewell, bye, bye-bye, catch you later, mind how you go, ya, you

noungoodbye (plural goodbyes)

plural goodbyes · alternative dated good-by · alternative dated goodby · alternative good-bye · alternative good bye · alternative colloquial g'bye · alternative informal bye · alternative informal 'bye

  1. An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.

    They made their good-byes.

    1 more example

    We have time for a short goodbye.

verbgoodbye (third-person singular simple present goodbyes, present participle goodbying or goodbyeing, simple past and past participle goodbyed)

present singular third person goodbyes · participle present goodbying · participle present goodbyeing · participle past goodbyed · past goodbyed · alternative dated good-by · alternative dated goodby · alternative good-bye · alternative good bye · alternative colloquial g'bye · alternative informal bye · alternative informal 'bye

  1. To say goodbye; to wish somebody farewell on parting.

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionFarewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

Similar
adieufarewellbyebye-byecatch you latermind how you goyayouyou in the funny papersso longta-tatatty byetoodle-ootoodlesTTFNttyltarabuh-byecyahasta la vista
Opposite
hello

More synonyms by meaning

nouna farewell remark

Similar
adieuadiosarrivederciauf wiedersehenau revoirbyebye-byecheeriogood-bygoodbygood-byegood daysayonaraso long
Broader
farewellword of farewell
Also see
adieuadiosarrivederciauf wiedersehenau revoirbyebye-byecheeriochurdon't forget to writedo svidaniyafarewellgodspeedgoodbygood dayhave a good onesayonarasee you laterso longta-tatoodle-oo

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰutós?
  3. Proto-Germanic*gudą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*god
  5. Old Englishgod
  6. Middle Englishgod
  7. Middle EnglishGod
  8. EnglishGod
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuHyétider.?
  11. Proto-Germanic*beuną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*beun
  13. Old Englishbēon
  14. Middle Englishbeen
  15. Englishbe
  16. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  17. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*wí
  19. Proto-Indo-European*wíteros
  20. Proto-Indo-European*wíterom
  21. Proto-Germanic*wiþrą
  22. Proto-West Germanic*wiþr
  23. Old Englishwiþerclip.
  24. Old Englishwiþ
  25. Middle Englishwiþ
  26. Englishwith
  27. Proto-Indo-European*yúHs
  28. Proto-Indo-European*uswé
  29. Proto-Indo-European*uswís
  30. Proto-Germanic*izwiz
  31. Proto-West Germanic*iwwiz
  32. Old Englishēow
  33. Middle Englishyow
  34. Englishyou
  35. Englishgoodinflu.
  36. Englishgoodbye

From earlier goodby, Godby, Godby'e, Godbwye, God b'w'y, God bwy yee, God buy you, God be wi' you, each a progressively shorter contraction of God be with ye or God be with you. Note the change of God to good by confusion with good morning, good night, etc. Modernly analysed as good + bye.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans totsiens, tot siens
  • totsiensfarewell — see also bye
  • tot siensfarewell — see also bye
Ancient Greek ἔρρωσο, ἔρρωσθε
  • ἔρρωσο (érrhōso)farewell — see also bye
  • ἔρρωσθε (érrhōsthe)farewell — see also bye
  • χαῖρε (khaîre)farewell — see also bye
  • χαίρετε (khaírete)farewell — see also bye
Arabic مَعَ السَّلَامَة, إِلَى اللِّقَاء
  • مَعَ السَّلَامَة (maʕa s-salāma)farewell — see also bye
  • إِلَى اللِّقَاء (ʔilā l-liqāʔ)farewell — see also bye
  • وَدَاع (wadāʕ)farewell — see also bye
  • وَدَاعًا (wadāʕan)farewell — see also bye
  • فِي أَمَانِ اللّٰه (fī ʔamāni llāh)farewell — see also bye
Basque agur
  • agurfarewell — see also bye
Bengali বিদায়, খোদা হাফেজ
  • বিদায় (bidaẏ)farewell — see also bye
  • খোদা হাফেজ (khōda haphej)farewell — see also bye
  • আল্লাহ হাফেজ (allah haphej)farewell — see also bye
  • ফি আমানিল্লাহ (phi amanillah)farewell — see also bye
Bulgarian дови́ждане, сбо́гом
  • дови́ждане (dovíždane)farewell — see also bye
  • сбо́гом (sbógom)farewell — see also bye
  • на до́бър час (na dóbăr čas)farewell — see also bye
  • дови́ждане (dovíždane)an utterance of goodbye
Catalan adeu, adeu-siau
  • adeufarewell — see also bye
  • adeu-siaufarewell — see also bye
  • a reveurefarewell — see also bye
  • passa-ho béfarewell — see also bye
  • passi-ho béfarewell — see also bye
  • adeuan utterance of goodbye
  • adeu-siauan utterance of goodbye
  • a reveurean utterance of goodbye
Chinese Cantonese 再見 /再见, 拜拜
  • 再見 /再见 (zoi³ gin³)farewell — see also bye
  • 拜拜farewell — see also bye
Chinese Mandarin 再見 /再见, 再會 /再会
  • 再見 /再见 (zàijiàn)farewell — see also bye
  • 再會 /再会 (zàihuì)farewell — see also bye
  • 拜拜 (bàibài, bāibái, báibái)farewell — see also bye
  • 走好 (zouhao)an utterance of goodbye
Czech na shledanou, sbohem
  • na shledanoufarewell — see also bye
  • sbohemfarewell — see also bye
  • rozloučenían utterance of goodbye
  • sboheman utterance of goodbye
Danish farvel, farvel
  • farvelfarewell — see also bye
  • farvelan utterance of goodbye
Dutch tot ziens, tot weerziens
  • tot ziensfarewell — see also bye
  • tot weerziensfarewell — see also bye
  • doeifarewell — see also bye
  • doegfarewell — see also bye
  • dagfarewell — see also bye
  • houdoefarewell — see also bye
  • ajuusfarewell — see also bye
  • ajufarewell — see also bye
  • hoifarewell — see also bye
Esperanto adiaŭ, ĝis la revido
  • adiaŭfarewell — see also bye
  • ĝis la revidofarewell — see also bye
  • adiaŭoan utterance of goodbye
Estonian head aega, nägemist
  • head aegafarewell — see also bye
  • nägemistfarewell — see also bye
  • nägemisenifarewell — see also bye
  • head aegaan utterance of goodbye
  • nägemistan utterance of goodbye
  • nägemisenian utterance of goodbye
Finnish näkemiin, hyvästi
  • näkemiinfarewell — see also bye
  • hyvästifarewell — see also bye
  • kuulemiinfarewell — see also bye
  • hyvästitan utterance of goodbye
  • jäähyväisetan utterance of goodbye
French bon vent, au revoir
  • bon ventfarewell — see also bye
  • au revoirfarewell — see also bye
  • adieufarewell — see also bye
  • salutfarewell — see also bye
  • adieuan utterance of goodbye
German auf Wiedersehen, auf Wiederschauen
  • auf Wiedersehenfarewell — see also bye
  • auf Wiederschauenfarewell — see also bye
  • auf Wiederhörenfarewell — see also bye
  • tschüssfarewell — see also bye
  • tschau (ciao)farewell — see also bye
  • Gott befohlenfarewell — see also bye
  • adieufarewell — see also bye
  • lebe wohlfarewell — see also bye
  • Abschiedan utterance of goodbye
Greek αντίο, γεια
  • αντίο (antío)farewell — see also bye
  • γεια (geia)farewell — see also bye
  • τα λέμε (ta léme)farewell — see also bye
  • αποχαιρετισμός (apochairetismós)an utterance of goodbye
  • αντίο (antío)an utterance of goodbye
Hebrew לְהִתְרָאוֹת, שָׁלוֹם
  • לְהִתְרָאוֹת (l'hitra'ót)farewell — see also bye
  • שָׁלוֹם (shalóm)farewell — see also bye
Hindi नमस्ते, ख़ुदा हाफ़िज़
  • नमस्ते (namaste)farewell — see also bye
  • ख़ुदा हाफ़िज़ (xudā hāfiz)farewell — see also bye
  • सत श्री अकाल (sat śrī akāl)farewell — see also bye
  • राम-राम (rām-rām)farewell — see also bye
  • अलविदा (alvidā)farewell — see also bye
Hungarian viszlát, viszontlátásra
  • viszlátfarewell — see also bye
  • viszontlátásrafarewell — see also bye
  • agyőfarewell — see also bye
  • istenhozzádan utterance of goodbye
  • búcsúszóan utterance of goodbye
  • búcsúan utterance of goodbye
  • búcsúzásan utterance of goodbye
  • elbúcsúzásan utterance of goodbye
Icelandic bless, blessaður
  • blessfarewell — see also bye
  • blessaðurfarewell — see also bye
  • vertu blessaðurfarewell — see also bye
  • vertu blessfarewell — see also bye
  • vertu sællfarewell — see also bye
  • kveðjaan utterance of goodbye
Indonesian selamat tinggal, selamat jalan
  • selamat tinggalfarewell — see also bye
  • selamat jalanfarewell — see also bye
  • dagfarewell — see also bye
  • byefarewell — see also bye
  • bye-byefarewell — see also bye
Irish slán agat, slán leat
  • slán agatfarewell — see also bye
  • slán leatfarewell — see also bye
  • mo bheannacht leatfarewell — see also bye
  • beannacht Dé leatfarewell — see also bye
  • go ngnóthaigh Dia duitfarewell — see also bye
Italian arrivederci, addio
  • arrivedercifarewell — see also bye
  • addiofarewell — see also bye
  • arrivederlafarewell — see also bye
  • ciaofarewell — see also bye
  • addioan utterance of goodbye
Japanese さようなら, さよなら
  • さようなら (sayōnara)farewell — see also bye
  • さよなら (sayonara)farewell — see also bye
  • 失礼します (shitsurei shimasu)farewell — see also bye
  • それでは (sore de wa)farewell — see also bye
  • では (de wa)farewell — see also bye
  • じゃあ (jā)farewell — see also bye
  • またね (mata ne)farewell — see also bye
  • じゃ、また (ja, mata)farewell — see also bye
  • バイバイ (baibai)farewell — see also bye
  • 別れ (wakare)an utterance of goodbye
Korean 안녕히 가십시오, 안녕히 계십시오
  • 안녕히 가십시오 (annyeonghi gasipsio)farewell — see also bye
  • 안녕히 계십시오 (annyeonghi gyesipsio)farewell — see also bye
  • 안녕히 가세요 (annyeonghi gaseyo)farewell — see also bye
  • 안녕히 계세요 (annyeonghi gyeseyo)farewell — see also bye
  • 잘 가 (jal ga)farewell — see also bye
  • 잘 있어 (jal isseo)farewell — see also bye
  • 안녕 (annyeong)farewell — see also bye
  • 빠이빠이 (ppaippai)farewell — see also bye
  • 작별 (jakbyeol)an utterance of goodbye
Latin valē, valēte
  • valēfarewell — see also bye
  • valētefarewell — see also bye
  • bene ambulāfarewell — see also bye
  • bene ambulātefarewell — see also bye
Latvian atā, visu labu
  • atāfarewell — see also bye
  • visu labufarewell — see also bye
  • uz redzēšanosfarewell — see also bye
  • sveiksfarewell — see also bye
Lithuanian viso gero, sudie
  • viso gerofarewell — see also bye
  • sudiefarewell — see also bye
  • iki pasimatymofarewell — see also bye
Malay selamat tinggal, selamat jalan
  • selamat tinggalfarewell — see also bye
  • selamat jalanfarewell — see also bye
  • jumpa lagifarewell — see also bye
  • ucapan selamat tinggalan utterance of goodbye
Māori hei konā, hei konā rā
  • hei konāfarewell — see also bye
  • hei konā rāfarewell — see also bye
  • noho iho rāfarewell — see also bye
  • noho ake rāfarewell — see also bye
  • noho mai rāfarewell — see also bye
  • noho ora maifarewell — see also bye
  • e noho rāfarewell — see also bye
  • haere rāfarewell — see also bye
Norwegian Bokmål adjø, farvel
  • adjøfarewell — see also bye
  • farvelfarewell — see also bye
  • ha det brafarewell — see also bye
  • ha detfarewell — see also bye
  • sesfarewell — see also bye
  • snakkesfarewell — see also bye
  • heifarewell — see also bye
Polish żegnaj, bywaj
  • żegnajfarewell — see also bye
  • bywajfarewell — see also bye
  • do widzeniafarewell — see also bye
  • pożegnaniean utterance of goodbye
Portuguese adeus, até-logo
  • adeusfarewell — see also bye
  • até-logofarewell — see also bye
  • até mais verfarewell — see also bye
  • passe-bemfarewell — see also bye
  • tchaufarewell — see also bye
  • adeusan utterance of goodbye
Punjabi ਰੱਬ ਰਾਖਾ, رَبّ راکھا
  • ਰੱਬ ਰਾਖਾ (rabba rākhā)farewell — see also bye
  • رَبّ راکھا (rabb rākhā)farewell — see also bye
  • اللہ دے حَوَالےfarewell — see also bye
  • خُدا حافِظ (xudā ḥāfiz̤)farewell — see also bye
Romanian la revedere, pa
  • la revederefarewell — see also bye
  • pafarewell — see also bye
  • adiofarewell — see also bye
Russian проща́й, проща́йте
  • проща́й (proščáj)farewell — see also bye
  • проща́йте (proščájte)farewell — see also bye
  • до свида́ния or до свида́нья (do svidánija)farewell — see also bye
  • до встре́чи (do vstréči)farewell — see also bye
  • счастли́во (sčastlívo)farewell — see also bye
  • пока́ (poká)farewell — see also bye
  • ча́о (čáo)farewell — see also bye
  • с бо́гом (s bógom)farewell — see also bye
  • уви́димся (uvídimsja)farewell — see also bye
  • всего́ до́брого (vsevó dóbrovo)farewell — see also bye
  • бай-ба́й (baj-báj)farewell — see also bye
  • адьё (adʹjó)farewell — see also bye
  • проща́ние (proščánije)an utterance of goodbye
Scottish Gaelic beannachd leat, beannachd leibh
  • beannachd leatfarewell — see also bye
  • beannachd leibhfarewell — see also bye
  • soraidhfarewell — see also bye
Slovak zbohom, do videnia
  • zbohomfarewell — see also bye
  • do videniafarewell — see also bye
  • zbohoman utterance of goodbye
Spanish adiós, hasta luego
  • adiósfarewell — see also bye
  • hasta luegofarewell — see also bye
  • hasta la vistafarewell — see also bye
  • hasta siemprefarewell — see also bye
  • hasta prontofarewell — see also bye
  • nos vemosfarewell — see also bye
  • gudbayfarewell — see also bye
  • adiósan utterance of goodbye
Swahili kwaheri, tuonane tena
  • kwaherifarewell — see also bye
  • tuonane tenafarewell — see also bye
  • baadayefarewell — see also bye
  • wasalimiefarewell — see also bye
  • tutaonanafarewell — see also bye
Swedish adjö, hej då
  • adjöfarewell — see also bye
  • hej dåfarewell — see also bye
  • hejfarewell — see also bye
  • farvälfarewell — see also bye
  • på återseendefarewell — see also bye
Tagalog paalam, babay
  • paalamfarewell — see also bye
  • babayfarewell — see also bye
  • paalaman utterance of goodbye
Tamil போய்வருகிறேன், போய்வா
  • போய்வருகிறேன் (pōyvarukiṟēṉ)farewell — see also bye
  • போய்வா (pōyvā)farewell — see also bye
  • போய்விட்டுவருகிறேன் (pōyviṭṭuvarukiṟēṉ)farewell — see also bye
  • போய்விட்டுவா (pōyviṭṭuvā)farewell — see also bye
  • சென்றுவருகிறேன் (ceṉṟuvarukiṟēṉ)farewell — see also bye
  • சென்றுவா (ceṉṟuvā)farewell — see also bye
  • வணக்கம் (vaṇakkam)farewell — see also bye
  • பிரியாவிடை (piriyāviṭai)farewell — see also bye
  • டாட்டா (ṭāṭṭā)farewell — see also bye
Thai สวัสดี, ลาก่อน
  • สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii)farewell — see also bye
  • ลาก่อน (laa-gɔ̀ɔn)farewell — see also bye
Turkish güle güle, hoşça kal
  • güle gülefarewell — see also bye
  • hoşça kalfarewell — see also bye
  • görüşürüzfarewell — see also bye
  • Allah'a ısmarladıkfarewell — see also bye
  • baybayfarewell — see also bye
  • hoşça kalan utterance of goodbye
Ukrainian до поба́чення, проща́й
  • до поба́чення (do pobáčennja)farewell — see also bye
  • проща́й (proščáj)farewell — see also bye
  • проща́йтеfarewell — see also bye
  • до зу́стрічі (do zústriči)farewell — see also bye
  • поба́чимось (pobáčymosʹ)farewell — see also bye
  • з бо́гом (z bóhom)farewell — see also bye
  • всього́ найкра́щого (vsʹohó najkráščoho)farewell — see also bye
Urdu خُدا حافِظ, اَللّٰہ حافِظ
  • خُدا حافِظ (xudā hāfiz)farewell — see also bye
  • اَللّٰہ حافِظ (allāh hāfiz)farewell — see also bye
  • اَلْوِداع (alvidā')farewell — see also bye
  • فی اَمان اَللّٰہ (fī amān allāh)farewell — see also bye
  • خُدا نِگَہْبان (xudā nigahbān)farewell — see also bye
  • اَللّٰہ نِگَہْبان (allāh nigahbān)farewell — see also bye
  • خُدا نِگَہْدار (xudā nigahdār)farewell — see also bye
  • الوداع (alvidā‘)an utterance of goodbye
Vietnamese tạm biệt, chào
  • tạm biệtfarewell — see also bye
  • chàofarewell — see also bye
  • vĩnh biệtfarewell — see also bye
  • bái baifarewell — see also bye
  • baifarewell — see also bye
  • câu tạm biệt; lời tạm biệt; việc tạm biệtan utterance of goodbye
Welsh hwyl fawr, ffarwel
  • hwyl fawrfarewell — see also bye
  • ffarwelfarewell — see also bye
Yiddish אַ גוטן טאָג, אַ גוטן
  • אַ גוטן טאָג (a gutn tog)farewell — see also bye
  • אַ גוטן (a gutn)farewell — see also bye
  • אַ גוט יאָר (a gut yor)farewell — see also bye
  • אַ גוטע נאַכט (a gute nakht)farewell — see also bye
  • אַדיע (adye)farewell — see also bye
Zulu hamba kahle
  • hamba kahlefarewell — see also bye

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with goodbye

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