hello synonyms

hello

interj.

how do you do, greetings, welcome, how are you, good morning, good day, ciao (Italian), bonjour (French), buenos días, buenas tardes, buenas noches (all Spanish), shalom (Hebrew), hey, hi, howdy*, howdy-do*, hi-ya*, yo*, what's up*, what's happening*; put it there, how goes it; see also greeting 1.

Antonyms goodbye*, au revoir (French), adiós (Spanish).

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