Synonyms for good-by
ˌgʊdˈbaɪgood-by

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. good-by

   Good-by is the homely and hearty, farewell the formal English word at parting. Adieu, from the French, is still more ceremonious than farewell; congé, also from the French, is commonly contemptuous or supercilious, and equivalent to dismissal. Valediction is a learned word never in popular use. A valedictory is a public farewell to a company or assembly.

   Synonyms:
   adieu, congé, farewell, leave-taking, parting salutation, valediction, valedictory

   Preposition:
   I bade farewell to my comrades, or (without preposition) I bade my comrades farewell; I took a sad farewell of my friends.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so longnoun

   a farewell remark

   "they said their good-byes"

   Synonyms:
   au revoir, sayonara, pass, auf wiedersehen, arrivederci, adios, goodbye, good day, good-bye, goodby, adieu, so long, bye, bye-bye, cheerio

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1. Kevin Smith:

   We want to make sure during this heightened awareness were going to do take what was meant for harm and make it good by providing the tools that help and empowering the rest of the churches across the nation to be ready.

2. Russell Hanna:

   We found out they were not good by some other means.

3. Victor Hugo:

   Can man, created good by God, be made wicked by man?

4. Pindar:

   Very distasteful is excessive fame To the sour palate of the envious mind, Who hears with grief his neighbours good by name, And hates the fortune that he ne?er shall find.

5. Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia:

   Good by. Don't forget me.