goodbye
Syllables: good·byeUK/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/
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British/ɡɵdˈbɑj/
goodbye interjection: farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
Interjection
- 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
Noun
goodbye (plural goodbyes)
- An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.
- They made their good-byes.
- We have time for a short goodbye.
Verb
goodbye (third-person singular simple present goodbyes, present participle goodbying or goodbyeing, simple past and past participle goodbyed)
- To say goodbye; to wish somebody farewell on parting.
goodbye meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
goodbye in Hindi
- farewell — see also bye
- नमस्ते namaste, ख़ुदा हाफ़िज़ xudā hāfiz, सत श्री अकाल sat śrī akāl, राम-राम rām-rām, अलविदा alvidā
goodbye in Tamil
- farewell — see also bye
- போய்வருகிறேன் pōyvarukiṟēṉ, போய்வா pōyvā, போய்விட்டுவருகிறேன் pōyviṭṭuvarukiṟēṉ, போய்விட்டுவா pōyviṭṭuvā, சென்றுவருகிறேன் ceṉṟuvarukiṟēṉ, சென்றுவா ceṉṟuvā
goodbye in Urdu
- farewell — see also bye
- خُدا حافِظ xudā hāfiz, اَللّٰہ حافِظ allāh hāfiz, اَلْوِداع alvidā', فی اَمان اَللّٰہ fī amān allāh, خُدا نِگَہْبان xudā nigahbān, اَللّٰہ نِگَہْبان allāh nigahbān
- an utterance of goodbye
- الوداع alvidā‘
goodbye in Bengali
- farewell — see also bye
- বিদায় bidaẏ, খোদা হাফেজ khōda haphej, আল্লাহ হাফেজ allah haphej, ফি আমানিল্লাহ phi amanillah
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- goodbye in Malayalam
- വിട് viṭŭ
- goodbye in Kannada
- ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ namaskāra
- goodbye in Punjabi
- ਰੱਬ ਰਾਖਾ rabba rākhā, رَبّ راکھا rabb rākhā, اللہ دے حَوَالے, خُدا حافِظ xudā ḥāfiz̤
- goodbye in Gujarati
- આવજો āvajo
- goodbye in Odia
- ନମସ୍କାର namaskāra
- goodbye in Sinhala
- ආයුබෝවන් āyubōwan, ආයුබෝ āyubō
- goodbye in Nepali
- नमस्ते namaste
- goodbye in Tagalog
- paalam, babay
- goodbye in Arabic
- مَعَ السَّلَامَة maʕa s-salāma, إِلَى اللِّقَاء ʔilā l-liqāʔ, وَدَاع wadāʕ, وَدَاعًا wadāʕan
- goodbye in Malay
- selamat tinggal, selamat jalan, jumpa lagi, ucapan selamat tinggal
- goodbye in Indonesian
- selamat tinggal, selamat jalan, dag, bye
- goodbye in Thai
- สวัสดี sà-wàt-dii, ลาก่อน laa-gɔ̀ɔn
- goodbye in Vietnamese
- tạm biệt, chào, vĩnh biệt, bái bai
- goodbye in Myanmar
- ဒါပါပဲ dapapai:, သွားတော့မယ် swa:tau.mai, ဂွတ်ဘိုင် gwatbhuing
- Kashmiri
- خۄدا حافِظ, خۄدا حٲفِظ
Examples of goodbye in a sentence
- The graduation ball was the students' chance to say goodbye to each other.
- The chorus is "nana na na, nana na na hey hey hey, goodbye".
- If we can't agree on whether to have children, maybe it's time to say goodbye.
Synonyms of goodbye
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Antonyms
Forms of goodbye
| Interjection | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | good-bye |
| alternative form | good bye |
| alternative form (dated) | good-by |
| alternative form (dated) | goodby |
| alternative form (colloquial) | g'bye |
| alternative form (informal) | bye |
| alternative form (informal) | 'bye |
| Noun | |
| plural | goodbyes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | goodbyes |
| present participle | goodbying |
| present participle | goodbyeing |
| past participle | goodbyed |
| past | goodbyed |
Origin of goodbye
From earlier goodby, Godby, Godby'e, Godbwye, God b'w'y, God bwy yee, God buy you, God be wi' you, each a progressively shorter contraction of God be with ye or God be with you. Note the change of God to good by confusion with good morning, good night, etc. Modernly analysed as good + bye.
Words formed from goodbye
Phrases with goodbye
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Questions about goodbye
- What does goodbye mean?
- Goodbye means farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
- What is goodbye in Hindi?
- Goodbye in Hindi is नमस्ते (namaste), ख़ुदा हाफ़िज़ (xudā hāfiz), सत श्री अकाल (sat śrī akāl). See Goodbye meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is goodbye?
- Goodbye can be an interjection, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce goodbye?
- Goodbye is pronounced /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ (UK).
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: goodbye (page history and authors); ନମସ୍କାର (Odia) (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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