Synonyms for good-by
ˌgʊdˈbaɪgood-by

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. good-by

   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, farewell, 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 WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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, auf wiedersehen, arrivederci, adios, goodbye, good day, good-bye, goodby, adieu, so long, bye, bye-bye, cheerio

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1. Martin Luther King Jr., The Christmas Sermon On Peace in on Dec 24, 1967:

   Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force... If we assume that life is worth living, if we assume that mankind has the right to survive, then we must find an alternative to war.

2. William James:

   Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight; its string can so often depart and turn into a relish when, after vainly seeking to shun it, we agree to face about and bear it...

3. Russell Hanna:

   We found out they were not good by some other means.

4. Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia:

   Good by. Don't forget me.

5. Russell Hanna:

   We’ve had a few, very very limited number, that it said was good and they were not, we found out they were not good by some other means.