goodby

Other forms of goodby

plural

goodbies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about goodby

What does goodby mean?

goodby means "a farewell remark".

How many syllables are in goodby?

goodby has 2 syllables: good-by. The stress falls on "good". In IPA it is /ˈɡʊdˌbaɪ/.

What is another word for goodby?

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 goodby a common word?

goodby 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.

What rhymes with goodby?

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