Noun: goodby (goodbys) gûd'bI
Usage: US (elsewhere: goodbye)
Usage: US (elsewhere: goodbye)
Usage: US (elsewhere: goodbye)
- A farewell remark
"She bid her friends goodby before departing for her long journey";
- adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio [Brit, informal], good-by [US], good-bye [N. Amer], goodbye, good day, sayonara [US], so long [informal], farewell
Usage: US (elsewhere: goodbye)
- An informal farewell remark
- cheers [Brit, informal], chin-chin [Brit, informal], toodle-oo [informal], toodle-pip [Brit, informal], ta-ta [Brit, informal], ta-ra [UK, informal], bye [informal], goodbye, bye-bye [informal], good-bye [N. Amer], farewell, sayonara [US, informal], so long [informal], vale [archaic]
Derived forms: good-bys, goodbys
Type of: farewell, word of farewell
Encyclopedia: Goodby, John