sayonara

Meanings

interjection

alternative sayōnara

especiallyhumorousinformaloftenGoodbye, adios, adieu.
Sonic: Sayonara! Shadow the Hedgehog!
2001 June 23, Sonic Team USA, Sonic Adventure 2, Sega, published 2001
Synonyms: adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio

nounsayonara (plural sayonaras)

plural sayonaras · alternative sayōnara

An utterance of sayonara, the wishing of farewell to someone.
After a simply marvelous, entertaining two and a half hour meal, they reclaimed their shoes and ceremoniously bid their sayonaras to the Japanese girls.
1999, Hell to Pay, →ISBN, page 19

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionGoodbye, adios, adieu.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna farewell remark

Broader

farewellword of farewell

Also see

adieu adios arrivederci auf wiedersehen au revoir bye bye-bye cheerio goodby goodbye good day so long

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Japaneseさようなら“farewell”
Englishsayonara

Borrowed from Japanese さようなら (sayōnara, “farewell”, literally “if that's the way it is”) or its shorter, less traditional form さよなら (sayonara).

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Translations

Arabic سَايُونَارَا

سَايُونَارَا (sāyūnārā)goodbye, in reference to Japan

Greek σαγιονάρα

σαγιονάρα (sagionára)goodbye, in reference to Japan

Hebrew סַיּוֹנַרַה

סַיּוֹנַרַה (sayonárah)goodbye, in reference to Japan

Hungarian szajonara

szajonaragoodbye, in reference to Japan

Indonesian sayonara

sayonaragoodbye, in reference to Japan

Japanese さようなら, さよなら

さようなら (sayōnara)goodbye, in reference to Japan
さよなら (sayonara)goodbye, in reference to Japan

Korean 사요나라

사요나라 (sayonara)goodbye, in reference to Japan

Persian سایونارا

سایونارا (sâyonârâ)goodbye, in reference to Japan

Polish sajonara

sajonaragoodbye, in reference to Japan

Russian сайона́ра, саёнара

сайона́ра (sajonára)goodbye, in reference to Japan
саёнара (sajónara)goodbye, in reference to Japan

Thai ซาโยนาระ

ซาโยนาระ (saa-yoo-naa-rá)goodbye, in reference to Japan

Yiddish סייַאָנאַראַ

סייַאָנאַראַ (sayonara)goodbye, in reference to Japan

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sayonara

para Sara Clara Sahara tara Lara mara tamara Guadalajara Dara bara Connemara marah carbonara capybara Duntara Santa Clara

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APA

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“sayonara.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sayonara. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sayonara,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sayonara.

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