by the bye

Questions about by the bye

What is another word for by the bye?

It depends which by the bye you mean. In the sense “introducing a different topic”, the synonyms are by the way, incidentally, apropos. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of by the bye?

WordNet records no antonym for by the bye. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for by the bye come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of by the bye

• Full entry for by the byeAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for by the byeWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.