Synonyms for Adieu
əˈdu, əˈdyuadieu

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1. adieuinterjection

   Synonyms:
   good day, cheerio, arrivederci, cheers, bye-bye, au revoir, bye, shalom, aloha, adios, auf Wiedersehen, addio, good-bye, good-by, ciao, so long, goodbye, farewell, sayonara

2. adieunoun

   A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.

   We bid our final adieus to our family, then boarded the ship, bound for America.

   Synonyms:
   auf Wiedersehen, good-by, shalom, farewell, adios, sayonara, bye-bye, good-bye, addio, so long, goodbye, cheerio, arrivederci, good day, ciao, aloha, bye, au revoir, cheers

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1. adieu

   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:
   congé, farewell, 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.

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1. adieu

   Synonyms:
   goodbye farewell, leave-taking, parting salutation, valediction

   Antonyms:
   greeting, welcome, recognition, salutation

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1. adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so longnoun

   a farewell remark

   "they said their good-byes"

   Synonyms:
   au revoir, sayonara, pass, good-by, auf wiedersehen, arrivederci, adios, goodbye, good day, good-bye, goodby, adieu, so long, bye, bye-bye, cheerio

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1. • Farewell

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adieuadjective

   Synonyms:
   farewell, good-by, fare-you-well, god bless you

2. adieunoun

   Synonyms:
   farewell, valediction, leave-taking

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1. List of paraphrases for "adieu":

   farewell, goodbye, good-bye, fareweil, bye-bye

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How to use Adieu in a sentence?

1. Marie Antoinette:

   I have just been condemned, not to a shameful death, which can only apply to felons, but rather to finding your brother again...I seek forgiveness for all whom I know for every harm I may have unwittingly caused them...Adieu, good, gentle sister...I embrace you with all my heart as well as the poor, dear children.

2. Greg Glassman:

   It did so well and became so popular that it has become a thing far larger than I could have hoped, the world has changed, but the magnificent human machine, the proven benefits of CrossFit, and its market opportunity remain unchanged. It is time for the founder to bid adieu and find other creative outlets.