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goodby

goodby 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

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Proper noun capitalized: Goodby

Goodby (plural Goodbys)

  1. A surname.

Forms of goodby

Noun
pluralgoodbys
Proper noun
pluralGoodbys

Questions about goodby

What does goodby mean?
Goodby means a surname.
What is goodby the dated form of?
Goodby is the dated form of goodbye.
What part of speech is goodby?
Goodby is a proper noun.

Words near goodby in the dictionary

  1. Goodar
  2. Goodbody
  3. Goodbodys
  4. goodbuddies
  5. goodbuddy
  6. goodby
  7. goodbye
  8. Goodbye Philippines
  9. goodbye, cruel world
  10. goodbyed
  11. goodbyeing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goodby (page history and authors); Goodby (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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