Library / English Dictionary

GOOD-BY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A farewell remark

Example:

they said their good-byes

Synonyms:

adieu; adios; arrivederci; au revoir; auf wiedersehen; bye; bye-bye; cheerio; good-by; good-bye; good day; goodby; goodbye; sayonara; so long

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("good-by" is a kind of...):

farewell; word of farewell (an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Having read of his sailing in the morning papers, Bernard Higginbotham, Gertrude, and all the family came to say good-by, as did Hermann von Schmidt and Marian.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I had all my girls to comfort me at home, and his last son was waiting, miles away, to say good-by to him, perhaps!

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Now, dear, good-by.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

When she came down, looking like a pretty Quakeress in her dove-colored suit and straw bonnet tied with white, they all gathered about her to say 'good-by', as tenderly as if she had been going to make the grand tour.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Good-by, good-by!

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)