100 Other Words for “Hey”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	¡Hola!	Spanish: hello.
2.	Afternoon	Informal afternoon greeting.
3.	Ahoy	Nautical greeting; hello there.
4.	Aloha	Hawaiian greeting or farewell.
5.	Annyeong	Korean: hello.
6.	Aye up	Northern English: hello.
7.	Bonjour	French for good day; hello.
8.	Buenos dias	Spanish: good morning.
9.	Cheers	Friendly greeting or sign-off.
10.	Ciao	Italian hello or goodbye.
11.	Dobrý den	Czech: good day.
12.	Evening	Informal evening greeting.
13.	G’day	Australian: good day; hello.
14.	G’day mate	Aussie friendly greeting.
15.	Glad you’re here	Warm welcoming greeting.
16.	Good afternoon	Polite afternoon greeting.
17.	Good day	Formal, daytime greeting.
18.	Good evening	Polite evening greeting.
19.	Good morning	Polite morning greeting.
20.	Good to have you	Welcoming greeting to someone.
21.	Good to see you	Warm greeting on meeting.
22.	Goodness me, hello	Surprised, playful greeting.
23.	Greetings	Formal or friendly hello.
24.	Hail	Old-fashioned greeting; salute.
25.	Hallo	Variant spelling of hello.
26.	Halloo	Old call to attract attention.
27.	Halo	Indonesian: hello.
28.	Hark	Old call to listen.
29.	Hei	Norwegian: hello.
30.	Hej	Swedish: hello.
31.	Hello	Standard friendly greeting.
32.	Hello there	Friendly, direct greeting.
33.	Hello you	Playful greeting to someone.
34.	Hello, stranger	Playful greeting after absence.
35.	Hey there	Casual greeting to someone.
36.	Hey you	Direct, informal attention call.
37.	Hey-ho	Cheery, old-fashioned greeting.
38.	Heya	Casual, upbeat hello.
39.	Hi	Simple informal greeting.
40.	Hi there	Friendly casual greeting.
41.	Hi, stranger	Playful greeting after absence.
42.	Hiya	Informal friendly hello.
43.	Hiya there	Extra friendly casual hello.
44.	How are you?	Common friendly greeting.
45.	How do you do?	Formal greeting; polite inquiry.
46.	How goes it?	Casual: how are things?
47.	How have you been?	Greeting after some time.
48.	How ya doing?	Informal: how are you?
49.	How you been?	Casual: how have you been?
50.	How you doing?	Casual: how are you?
51.	How’s everything?	Casual: how are things?
52.	How’s it going?	Casual: how are you?
53.	How’s it hanging?	Very casual: how’s it going?
54.	How’s life?	Casual: how are things?
55.	How’s things?	Casual: how are things?
56.	How’s tricks?	British: how are you?
57.	How’s your afternoon?	Friendly afternoon check-in.
58.	How’s your day?	Friendly greeting question.
59.	How’s your evening?	Friendly evening check-in.
60.	How’s your morning?	Friendly morning check-in.
61.	How’s your week?	Casual greeting question.
62.	Howdy	Casual greeting; how are you.
63.	Howdy-do	Playful, old-fashioned hello.
64.	Howzit	South African: how’s it going?
65.	Hullo	British spelling of hello.
66.	I come in peace	Humorous, disarming greeting.
67.	I greet you	Formal, direct salutation.
68.	I say	Old-fashioned attention-getter.
69.	Konnichiwa	Japanese: good day; hello.
70.	Listen up	Call to get attention.
71.	Long time no see	Greeting after a long gap.
72.	Look who it is	Playful greeting on arrival.
73.	Lovely to meet you	Polite first-meeting greeting.
74.	Mabuhay	Filipino: welcome; long live.
75.	Merhaba	Turkish: hello.
76.	Morning	Informal morning greeting.
77.	Namaste	Respectful greeting; I bow.
78.	Ni hao	Chinese: hello.
79.	Nice to meet you	Polite first-time greeting.
80.	Nice to see you	Warm greeting on meeting.
81.	Oh, hi	Casual, slightly surprised hello.
82.	Oi	Informal call; get attention.
83.	Pleased to meet you	Formal first-meeting greeting.
84.	Privet	Russian: informal hello.
85.	Psst	Quiet attention-getter.
86.	S’up	Casual contraction of what’s up.
87.	Salam	Arabic: peace; hello.
88.	Salut	French informal hello.
89.	Salutations	Formal greeting; regards.
90.	Sawasdee	Thai: hello.
91.	Sawubona	Zulu: I see you; hello.
92.	Servus	Central European casual hello.
93.	Shalom	Hebrew: peace; hello.
94.	Sup	Very casual: what’s up?
95.	Sup?	Casual: what’s up?
96.	Top of the morning	Cheerful Irish-style greeting.
97.	Wassup	Casual: what’s up?
98.	Welcome	Greeting to someone arriving.
99.	Welcome aboard	Greeting to new member.
100.	Welcome back	Greeting on return.