goodbye

Other forms of goodbye

plural

goodbyes·

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 goodbye

What does goodbye mean?

goodbye means "a farewell remark".

How many syllables are in goodbye?

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

What is another word for goodbye?

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 goodbye a common word?

goodbye 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 goodbye?

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