100 Other Words for “Hello”

100 Other Words for

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.