greeting

Speech parts

1. greeting - Noun

2. greeting - Verb

Meaning

of Greet

Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

salutation salute hello meeting address recognition encounter welcome hail acknowledgment howdy salaam hey good morning overture
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Antonyms

barb adios good-bye adieu departure farewell
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Hypernyms

acknowledgment acknowledgement

Hyponyms

hello pax howdy good morning response card

Phrases with the word

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Examples

I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture. Susan Orlean

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! John Muir

Libraries are brothels for the mind. Which means that librarians are the madames, greeting the punters, understanding their strange tastes and needs and then pimping their books. Guy Browning

Greeting cards routinely tell us everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water. Not everybody deserves love all the time. Zadie Smith

The more the mother-in-law drinks the more friendly is her greeting. Greek Proverb

He who is not drunk on a sunday is not worth a greeting on monday. Albanian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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