good-bye

1. 1.

   a farewell remark

   “they said their good-byes”

   Synonymsadieuadiosarrivederciauf wiedersehenau revoirbyebye-byecheeriogood-bygoodbygoodbyegood daysayonaraso long

   Broaderfarewell

Questions about good-bye

What does good-bye mean?

good-bye means "a farewell remark".

How many syllables are in good-bye?

good-bye has 2 syllables: good--bye. The stress falls on "bye". In IPA it is /ɡɪdˈbaɪ/.

What is another word for good-bye?

Close synonyms include adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir. 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 good-bye a common word?

good-bye is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with good-bye?

16 words rhyme with good-bye. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.