Antonyms for greet
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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. greetverb

   To accost is to speak first, to friend or stranger, generally with a view to opening conversation; greet is not so distinctly limited, since one may return another's greeting; greet and hail may imply but a passing word; greeting may be altogether silent; to hail is to greet in a loud-voiced and commonly hearty and joyous way, as appears in the expression "hail fellow, well met." To salute is to greet with special token of respect, as a soldier his commander. To apostrophize is to solemnly address some person or personified attribute apart from the audience to whom one is speaking; as, a preacher may apostrophize virtue, the saints of old, or even the Deity. To appeal is strictly to call for some form of help or support. Address is slightly more formal than accost or greet, though it may often be interchanged with them. One may address another at considerable length or in writing; he accosts orally and briefly.

   Antonyms:
   avoid, cut, elude, ignore, overlook, pass, pass by, shun

   Synonyms:
   address, address, apostrophize, appeal, approach, cost, court, hail, salute, speak to, woo

   Preposition:
   Address the memorial to the legislature; the president addressed the people in an eloquent speech; he addressed an intruder with indignation.

Matched Categories

1. • Communicate
   • React

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. greet, recognize, recogniseverb

   express greetings upon meeting someone

   Synonyms:
   know, recognise, realize, tell apart, agnize, spot, realise, acknowledge, distinguish, accredit, pick out, recognize, discern, make out, agnise

2. greetverb

   send greetings to

   Synonyms:
   recognise, recognize

3. greetverb

   react to in a certain way

   "The President was greeted with catcalls"

   Synonyms:
   recognise, recognize

4. greetverb

   be perceived by

   "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"

   Synonyms:
   recognise, recognize

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1. greetverb

   Synonyms:
   address, salute, hail, accost

How to use greet in a sentence?

1. President Mandela:

   Comrades and fellow South Africans, I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all.

2. Volodymyr Demchyshyn:

   All Ukrainians will be able to greet the New Year with light. There will be no outages in the near future.

3. President Donald Trump:

   As I greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens ... I don't see it for myself, I just don't.

4. Chris Van Hollen:

   She was tearing up and she asked for tissues before she went in [to greet her husband] and she needed them.

5. Mitchell Wasser:

   It’s a feeling of safety when someone is there to greet you, there are not many buildings in this neighborhood where you have the ability to drive into a garage that has a lower lobby, drop off your car and never be seen.

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