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ˌfɛərˈwɛlfarewell

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.7 / 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.

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. farewell, word of farewellnoun

    an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. farewellad. or interj.

    Synonyms:
    adieu, good-by

  2. farewellnoun

    Synonyms:
    adieu, valediction, leave-taking

  3. farewellnoun

    Synonyms:
    leave

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. farewelladjective

    Synonyms:
    parting, valedictory, final

  2. farewellnoun

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

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#207part
#1129leave
#8526bye
#10323goodbye
#13793farewell
#26833parting
#48683adios
#55932adieu
#142922valedictory

How to use farewell in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. Connick Jr.:

    I think everybody thinks that( ‘ American Idol ’ will come back,) i think they said that. That’s why they called it the ‘ Farewell Season ’ not the final season. I would think at some point … it was still getting 12 million viewers so I would bring it back, wouldn't you ?

  3. Earnest Hemingway:

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

  4. Charlotte Knobloch:

    Every contemporary witness who passes away is a loss, but the farewell of David Dushman is particularly painful, david Dushman was one of the last who could tell about this event from David Dushman own experience.

  5. William Shakespeare, Sonnet lxxxvii:

    Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing.


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