good day
good day interjection: a somewhat formal greeting generally used between sunrise and sunset.
Interjection
good day
- A somewhat formal greeting generally used between sunrise and sunset.
- Good day, gentlemen.
- Good day, and happineſſe, deere Roſalind.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Synonyms:
- g'day
- A dismissal; sometimes used to express annoyance.
- Perhaps another time. Good day.
- This is an invitation-only party! Now, good day!2012, Mike Cerrone, Bobby & Peter Farrelly, The Three Stooges (motion picture), spoken by Carbunkle (Ray Collins)
good day meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
good day in Hindi
- greeting between sunrise and sunset
- नमस्ते namaste
good day in Tamil
- good day
- நல்லநாள் nallanāḷ
good day in Urdu
- greeting between sunrise and sunset
- روز بخیر roz baxair
good day in Bengali
- greeting between sunrise and sunset
- শুভ দিন śubho din
More languagesFewer languages
- good day in Telugu
- సుదినము sudinamu
- good day in Kannada
- ನಲ್ನಾಳು, ಚನ್ನಾಳು, ನಲ್ವಗಲ್, ನಲ್ವಗಲು
- good day in Tagalog
- magandang araw
- good day in Arabic
- نَهَارَك سَعِيد nahārak saʕīd, مَسَاء اَلْخَيْر masāʔ al-ḵayr, مَسَاء اَلنُّور masāʔ an-nūr
- good day in Malay
- selamat pagi
- good day in Indonesian
- selamat sore, selamat siang
- good day in Persian
- روز بخیر ruz be-xeyr, وقت بخیر vaqt be-xeyr, روز خوش ruz-e xoš
- good day in Thai
- สวัสดี sà-wàt-dii
Synonyms of good day
Forms of good day
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Words formed from good day
- g’day
Questions about good day
- What does good day mean?
- Good day means a somewhat formal greeting generally used between sunrise and sunset.
- What is good day in Hindi?
- Good day in Hindi is नमस्ते (namaste). See Good day meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is good day?
- Good day is an interjection.
Words near good day in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: good day (page history and authors); நல்லநாள் (Tamil) (page history and authors); సుదినము (Telugu) (page history and authors); good day (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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