100 Other Words for “Hello”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	A warm welcome	Friendly greeting to arrivals.
2.	A word of welcome	Formal greeting of arrival.
3.	Ahoy	Nautical greeting; informal hello.
4.	All right?	Informal greeting; okay?
5.	Aloha	Hawaiian greeting and farewell.
6.	Are you well?	Polite greeting about health.
7.	Aye up	Northern English greeting; hello.
8.	Blessings	Greeting wishing good fortune.
9.	Bonjour	French greeting; good day.
10.	Buenas	Spanish casual greeting; hi.
11.	Buenos dias	Spanish greeting; good morning.
12.	Cheers	Friendly greeting or thanks.
13.	Ciao	Italian greeting; hi or bye.
14.	G’day	Australian greeting; good day.
15.	Good afternoon	Polite greeting after noon.
16.	Good day	Formal or friendly daytime greeting.
17.	Good evening	Polite greeting in the evening.
18.	Good morning	Polite greeting in the morning.
19.	Good to have you	Greeting expressing appreciation.
20.	Good to see you	Greeting showing pleasure to meet.
21.	Greetings	General, slightly formal hello.
22.	Guten Tag	German greeting; good day.
23.	Hail	Formal greeting; to greet.
24.	Halloo	Old-fashioned call or greeting.
25.	Happy to see you	Warm greeting on meeting.
26.	Hej	Scandinavian greeting; hi.
27.	Hey	Casual attention-getting greeting.
28.	Hey there	Casual, friendly greeting.
29.	Hey you	Casual greeting to someone known.
30.	Heya	Casual variant of hey.
31.	Hi	Common informal greeting.
32.	Hi everyone	Greeting to a group.
33.	Hi folks	Greeting to a group.
34.	Hi friend	Friendly greeting to someone close.
35.	Hi stranger	Playful greeting after absence.
36.	Hi there	Friendly informal greeting.
37.	Hiya	Very casual hello.
38.	How are things?	Greeting asking how things are.
39.	How are you?	Greeting asking about well-being.
40.	How do you do?	Very formal greeting.
41.	How goes it?	Old-fashioned casual greeting.
42.	How’s everything?	Greeting asking general status.
43.	How’s it going?	Casual greeting; asking status.
44.	How’s life?	Casual greeting about life.
45.	How’s tricks?	British informal greeting.
46.	How’s your day?	Greeting asking about the day.
47.	How’s your week?	Greeting asking about the week.
48.	How’ve you been?	Greeting to someone not seen.
49.	Howdy	Friendly, informal greeting.
50.	Hullo	Variant spelling of hello.
51.	It’s been a while	Greeting noting time passed.
52.	Kia ora	New Zealand Maori greeting.
53.	Konnichiwa	Japanese greeting; good day.
54.	Long time no see	Greeting after a long absence.
55.	Look alive	Brisk greeting; pay attention.
56.	Look who it is	Playful greeting on meeting.
57.	Lovely to see you	Warm greeting expressing pleasure.
58.	Merhaba	Turkish greeting; hello.
59.	Mornin’	Colloquial good morning.
60.	Morning	Informal short for good morning.
61.	Namaste	Respectful greeting; I bow to you.
62.	Nice to meet you	Greeting on first meeting.
63.	Nice to see you	Friendly greeting on meeting.
64.	Oi	Informal call used as greeting.
65.	Peace	Casual greeting or farewell.
66.	Pleased to meet you	Polite greeting on introduction.
67.	Pleased to see you	Polite greeting on meeting.
68.	Pleasure to meet you	Polite greeting on meeting.
69.	Pura vida	Costa Rican greeting; all good.
70.	Salaam alaikum	Arabic greeting; peace be upon you.
71.	Salam	Arabic greeting; peace.
72.	Salut	French informal greeting; hi.
73.	Salutations	Formal or humorous greeting.
74.	Sawasdee	Thai greeting; hello.
75.	Sawubona	Zulu greeting; I see you.
76.	Servus	Central European casual greeting.
77.	Shalom	Hebrew greeting; peace.
78.	So good to see you	Warm greeting on meeting.
79.	Sup	Very casual greeting; what’s up.
80.	Szia	Hungarian greeting; hi.
81.	Top of the morning	Cheerful, old-fashioned greeting.
82.	Wagwan	Caribbean greeting; what’s going on.
83.	Wassup	Casual greeting; what’s up.
84.	Welcome	Greeting to someone arriving.
85.	Welcome aboard	Greeting to newcomers joining.
86.	Welcome back	Greeting to returning person.
87.	Welcome home	Greeting to someone arriving home.
88.	Welcome, friend	Warm greeting to someone.
89.	Well hello	Friendly, slightly emphatic greeting.
90.	Well met	Old-fashioned greeting on meeting.
91.	Well, hi	Casual, slightly hesitant greeting.
92.	What’s going on?	Casual greeting; what’s happening.
93.	What’s good?	Casual greeting; what’s up.
94.	What’s happening?	Casual greeting; what’s going on.
95.	What’s new?	Greeting asking for updates.
96.	What’s the word?	Greeting asking for news.
97.	What’s up?	Casual greeting; what’s going on.
98.	Why, hello	Playful or formal greeting.
99.	Yassas	Greek greeting; hello.
100.	Yo	Very informal greeting.