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good-by

good-by is the dated form of goodbye.

Meaning of goodbye

Interjection

  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, you in the funny papers, so long

See all 3 meanings of goodbye

Forms of good-by

pluralgood-bys

Questions about good-by

What is good-by the dated form of?
Good-by is the dated form of goodbye.

Words near good-by in the dictionary

  1. Good's syndrome
  2. good-ass
  3. good-bad
  4. good-brother
  5. good-brothers
  6. good-by
  7. good-bye
  8. good-byer
  9. good-byers
  10. good-byes
  11. good-bys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: good-by (page history and authors); goodbye (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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