bon voyage

1. 1.

   an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture

   Synonymssend-off

   Broaderfarewell

Questions about bon voyage

What does bon voyage mean?

bon voyage means "an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture".

What is another word for bon voyage?

Close synonyms include send-off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bon voyage a common word?

bon voyage is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.