Meanings
noun
- pluralplural of regard
nounregards pl (plural only)
alternative abbreviation regds.
- Good wishes.
- pluralplural onlyA greeting to pass on to another person.
Give my regards to your brother when you next see him.
- pluralplural onlyA greeting at the end of a letter or e-mail communication.
Regards, John. Kind regards, Peter.
verb
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of regard
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Arabic تَحِيَّة, مَعَ تَحِيَّاتِي
- تَحِيَّة (taḥiyya)greeting to pass to another person
- مَعَ تَحِيَّاتِي (maʕa taḥiyyātī)greeting at the end of a letter
- مَعَ تَمَنِّيَّاتِي (maʕa tamanniyyātī)greeting at the end of a letter
Catalan records
- recordsgreeting to pass to another person
Chinese Mandarin 問候 /问候, 祝好
- 問候 /问候 (wènhòu)greeting to pass to another person
- 祝好 (zhù hǎo)greeting at the end of a letter
Danish hilsen
- hilsengreeting at the end of a letter
Dutch groeten pl or groetjes, groeten pl or groetjes
- groeten pl or groetjesgreeting to pass to another person
- groeten pl or groetjesgreeting at the end of a letter
Finnish terveiset, terveisin
- terveisetgreeting to pass to another person
- terveisingreeting at the end of a letter
French respects, cordialement
- respectsgreeting to pass to another person
- cordialementgreeting at the end of a letter
German Gruß, Grüße
- Grußgreeting to pass to another person
- Grüßegreeting to pass to another person
- mit freundlichen Grüßengreeting at the end of a letter
- viele Grüßegreeting at the end of a letter
- beste Grüßegreeting at the end of a letter
Greek χαιρετισμούς
- χαιρετισμούς (chairetismoús)greeting at the end of a letter
Hebrew דְּרִישַׁת שָׁלוֹם, בברכה
- דְּרִישַׁת שָׁלוֹם (drishát shalóm)greeting to pass to another person
- בברכה (biv'rakhá)greeting at the end of a letter
Hungarian üdvözlet, jókívánságok
- üdvözletgreeting to pass to another person
- jókívánságokgreeting to pass to another person
- üdvözlettelgreeting at the end of a letter
- tisztelettelgreeting at the end of a letter
- szívélyes üdvözlettelgreeting at the end of a letter
Icelandic kveðja, kveðja
- kveðjagreeting to pass to another person
- kveðjagreeting at the end of a letter
Italian cordiali saluti
- cordiali salutigreeting at the end of a letter
Japanese よろしく, よろしくお願いします
- よろしく (yoroshiku)greeting to pass to another person
- よろしくお願いします (yoroshiku onegai shimasu)greeting at the end of a letter
- よろしく (yoroshiku)greeting at the end of a letter
Korean 안부
- 안부 (anbu)greeting to pass to another person
Norwegian Bokmål hilsen, hilsen
- hilsengreeting to pass to another person
- hilsengreeting at the end of a letter
Persian ملاحظات, سلام
- ملاحظاتgreeting to pass to another person
- سلام (salâm)greeting to pass to another person
Polish pozdrowienia, pozdrawiam
- pozdrowieniagreeting to pass to another person
- pozdrawiamgreeting at the end of a letter
Portuguese lembranças, cordialmente
- lembrançasgreeting to pass to another person
- cordialmentegreeting at the end of a letter
- com apreçogreeting at the end of a letter
Russian приве́т, покло́н
- приве́т (privét)greeting to pass to another person
- покло́н (poklón)greeting to pass to another person
- приве́тствие (privétstvije)greeting to pass to another person
- всех благ (vsex blag)greeting at the end of a letter
- всего́ до́брого (vsevó dóbrovo)greeting at the end of a letter
- всего́ хоро́шего (vsevó xoróševo)greeting at the end of a letter
- с тёплыми пожела́ниями (s tjóplymi poželánijami)greeting at the end of a letter
- с наилу́чшими пожела́ниями (s nailúčšimi poželánijami)greeting at the end of a letter
Slovak s pozdravom
- s pozdravomgreeting at the end of a letter
Spanish saludos, saludos
- saludosgreeting to pass to another person
- saludosgreeting at the end of a letter
- saludos cordialesgreeting at the end of a letter
- cordialmentegreeting at the end of a letter
- saludos cariñososgreeting at the end of a letter
Swedish hälsningar, hälsningar
- hälsningargreeting to pass to another person
- hälsningargreeting at the end of a letter
Thai ขอแสดงความนับถือ
- ขอแสดงความนับถือ (kɔ̌ɔ-sà-dɛɛng-kwaam-náp-tʉ̌ʉ)greeting at the end of a letter
Ukrainian віта́ння, приві́т
- віта́ння (vitánnja)greeting to pass to another person
- приві́т (pryvít)greeting to pass to another person
- привіта́ння (pryvitánnja)greeting to pass to another person
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with regards
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APA
regards. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regards
MLA
“regards.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regards. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “regards,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regards.
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