Antonyms for Farewell
ˌfɛərˈwɛlfarewell

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. farewell

   Good-by is the homely and hearty, farewell the formal English word at parting. Adieu, from the French, is still more ceremonious than farewell; congé, also from the French, is commonly contemptuous or supercilious, and equivalent to dismissal. Valediction is a learned word never in popular use. A valedictory is a public farewell to a company or assembly.

   Synonyms:
   adieu, congé, good-by, leave-taking, parting salutation, valediction, valedictory

   Preposition:
   I bade farewell to my comrades, or (without preposition) I bade my comrades farewell; I took a sad farewell of my friends.

Matched Categories

1. • Acknowledgment
   • Departure

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. farewell, word of farewellnoun

   an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

   Synonyms:
   parting, leave-taking, leave, word of farewell, farewell

2. farewell, leave, leave-taking, partingnoun

   the act of departing politely

   "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"

   Synonyms:
   parting, leave-taking, leave, word of farewell, part, leave of absence, farewell

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. farewelladjective

   Synonyms:
   parting, valedictory, final

2. farewellnoun

   Synonyms:
   adieu, leave-taking, good-bye, valediction, congé, valedictory

How to use Farewell in a sentence?

1. Earnest Hemingway:

   I’m not brave any more darling. I’m all broken. They’ve broken me. Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

2. Eric Rassbach:

   The Pledge-in the tradition of Washington's Farewell Address or Lincoln's Gettysburg Address-is not a prayer to God, but a statement about who we are as a nation. Dissenters have every right to sit out the Pledge, but they can't silence everyone else.

3. Brad Richardson:

   A young woman that was there with him, as she was bidding him farewell, slipped a few apple seeds from her dessert into his jacket pocket, and suggested that he plant those when he reached the Northwest.

4. Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak:

   This is a year that's dedicated to Kobe Bryant and Kobe Bryant farewell.

5. Orlando Bloom:

   It's farewell from us as we're going home to be quarantined, we're coming home to the States. At least I'm coming home to the States because we want to get in before the quarantine.

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