Synonyms for greeting

Most common

welcome · hello · salute · salutation · hi

All synonyms

Noun

Antonyms

farewell, valediction, adieu

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.

   Send my greetings to your family.

Related words

Word family

greet

Forms

Plural

greetings → salutations, hellos, welcomes, salutes…

Example sentences

• welcome You're welcome to ride along with us, if you want.
• hello Hello. I'm Jarmila Kučerová. I'm glad to meet you.
• salute Land of liberty, land of the future, I salute you!
• salutation In the second example, the interpreter mistranslates the salutation.
• hi "Hi, I'm Tom." "Hello." "And you are?" "Oh, Mary."

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters

hi¹

4 letters

hail¹

5 letters

hello²

6 letters

salute², accost²

7 letters

welcome², address²

10 letters

salutation

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hello² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

salutation

Deutsch

Gruß