Synonyms for hello
hɛˈloʊ, hə-, ˈhɛl oʊhel·lo

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.9 / 12 votes

1. hellointerjection

   A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.

   Hello, everyone.

   Antonyms:
   goodbye, bye

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.1 / 8 votes

1. hello, hullo, hi, howdy, how-do-you-donoun

   an expression of greeting

   "every morning they exchanged polite hellos"

   Synonyms:
   hullo, how-do-you-do, hi, how-d'ye-do, howdy

Matched Categories

1. • Greeting

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. hi

   hi is another way to greet someone, which also has the same meaning as hello.

   "hi!" lucy yelled, as she saw her best friend at the mall.

   Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

2. hi

   to say something to someone in a greeting

   hello world

   Submitted by MaggieBedson on June 8, 2021  

3. 你好

   Submitted by Hsiungzoe on November 15, 2021  

4. hallonoun

   hallo is used as a greeting or to begin a phone conversation.

   hallo how are you

   Submitted by williamisbetterthenandrew on November 6, 2022  

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "hello":

   hi, heilo, hey, bonjour, -hello, ahoy, morning, hola, howdy, hiya, allo, bye, he-hello, hallo, greeting, helillo, -hi, cooee, -morning, peekaboo, greetings, hellow, goodmorning, salutation, salvation, bonsoir, cuckoo, goodnight, -heilo, peek-a-boo

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1. hello

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How to use hello in a sentence?

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3. Shontel Brown:

   For me, a partner is someone who comes to the table and negotiates and has difficult conversations, a puppet is someone who entertains on a national stage and has catchphrases like' hello, somebody' -- with folks pulling their strings and giving them talking points.

4. Kawhi Leonard:

   It's just surreal still for me, you know, he'll drop me off and say he's about to pick up Kobe Bryant. ... Or he'll just be like,' I just dropped Kobe Bryant off and Kobe Bryant said hello,' you know, vice versa.

5. Brian Chin:

   She was the type of person who would never want to bother me to fix anything and would always strike up a conversation and say hello.