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| Main Entry: |
farewell
 [fair-wel] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | departing saying; departure |
| Synonyms: | adieu, adieus, adieux, adios, bye-bye, cheerio, ciao, goodbye, hasta la vista, have a nice day, leave-taking, parting, salutation, sendoff, so long, ta-ta, valediction |
| Antonyms: | greeting, hello |
| Main Entry: | departure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
| Synonyms: | abandonment, adieu, bow out, congé, decampment, desertion, egress, egression, embarkation, emigration, escape, evacuation, exit, exodus, expatriation, farewell, flight, getaway, going, going away, goodbye*, hegira, migration, parting, passage, powder, quitting, recession, removal, retirement, retreat, sailing, separation, setting forth, setting out, stampede, start, takeoff, taking leave, taking off, vacation, vanishing act, walkout, withdrawal, withdrawing |
| Antonyms: | arrival, coming, entrance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
| Synonyms: | adieu, death, demise, departure, egress, egression, evacuation, exodus, expiration, expiry, farewell, going, goodbye, leave-taking, offgoing, retirement, retreat, stampede, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | arrival, arriving, coming, entering, entrance |
Example Sentences
- Jobs was asked to attend farewell dinners and to accept various awards.
- The other thing to do this summer is to bid a temporary farewell to your current life.
- Easy enough to drop the presents by on your way out of town to say a personal farewell and thank you.
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holiday, time off |
| Synonyms: | adieu, departure, farewell, furlough, goodbye, leave of absence, leave-taking, liberty, parting, retirement, sabbatical, vacation, withdrawal |
| Notes: | let means to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen, to allow; leave means to go away from a place |
| Antonyms: | workday |
| Main Entry: | parting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goodbye, separation |
| Synonyms: | adieu, bisection, break, breaking, breakup, crossroads, departure, detachment, divergence, division, farewell, going, leave-taking, on the rocks, partition, rift, rupture, severance, split, split-up, valediction |
| Antonyms: | greeting, hello, introduction |
| Main Entry: | separation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | being apart; break-up |
| Synonyms: | break, dedomiciling, departure, detachment, dialysis, disconnection, disengagement, disjunction, disrelation, dissociation, dissolution, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, embarkation, estrangement, farewell, gap, leave-taking, parting, parting of the ways, partition, pffft, rift, rupture, segregation, severance, split, split-up |
| Antonyms: | togetherness |
| Main Entry: | swan song |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | final performance |
| Synonyms: | adieu, climax, closer, coda, conclusion, crowning achievement, crowning glory, culmination, dying words, end piece, envoi, epilogue, famous last words, farewell, farewell performance, final appearance, final appearance or performance, final gesture, finis, goodbye, last act, last hurrah, last shot, last words, parting song, peroration, windup |
| Main Entry: | bon voyage |
| Part of Speech: | interjection |
| Definition: | have a nice trip |
| Synonyms: | Godspeed, adieu, adios, bye-bye, cheerio, farewell, gluckliche Reise, goodbye, happy landing, pleasant journey, send-off, tsetchem leshalom |
| Main Entry: | aloha |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | greeting |
| Synonyms: | affection, farewell, goodbye, hello, love, salutation |
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