100 Words to Use Instead of “Hello”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	’Tis a pleasure	Old-fashioned polite greeting.
2.	Ahoy	Sailor-style greeting.
3.	Aloha	Hawaiian greeting or farewell.
4.	Bonjour	French daytime greeting.
5.	Buenas	Short for Spanish greetings.
6.	Buenos dias	Spanish: good morning.
7.	Cheers	Friendly informal greeting.
8.	Chin-chin	Playful greeting or toast.
9.	Ciao	Italian greeting or farewell.
10.	Daybreak greetings	Cheery early-morning greeting.
11.	Dia dhuit	Irish: God be with you.
12.	Dzień dobry	Polish: good day.
13.	Evening	Brief evening greeting.
14.	Evening all	Greeting a group at night.
15.	Evening, folks	Casual group greeting.
16.	G’day	Australian casual greeting.
17.	G’day mate	Aussie greeting to a friend.
18.	Good afternoon	Polite afternoon greeting.
19.	Good day	Polite daytime greeting.
20.	Good evening	Polite evening greeting.
21.	Good morning	Polite morning greeting.
22.	Good to meet you	Greeting on first meeting.
23.	Good to see you	Warm greeting on meeting.
24.	Greetings	Formal general salutation.
25.	Guten Tag	German: good day.
26.	Hail	Formal or archaic greeting.
27.	Hail and well met	Old-fashioned friendly greeting.
28.	Hallå	Swedish: hi.
29.	Hej	Scandinavian: hi.
30.	Hey	Common informal greeting.
31.	Hey there	Casual friendly greeting.
32.	Hey you	Informal greeting to someone known.
33.	Heya	Casual friendly greeting.
34.	Hi	Standard informal greeting.
35.	Hi there	Friendly informal greeting.
36.	Hiya	Very informal greeting.
37.	Hoi	Dutch/Swiss casual hi.
38.	How are things?	Casual greeting question.
39.	How are you?	Common polite greeting question.
40.	How do you do?	Very formal greeting.
41.	How have you been?	Greeting after time apart.
42.	How’s everything?	Friendly status-check greeting.
43.	How’s it going?	Casual check-in greeting.
44.	How’s life?	Casual personal greeting.
45.	How’s your day?	Friendly daily check-in.
46.	How’s your evening?	Evening check-in greeting.
47.	How’s your morning?	Morning check-in greeting.
48.	How’ve you been?	Greeting after time away.
49.	Howdy	Friendly regional greeting.
50.	I come in peace	Playful disarming greeting.
51.	It’s a pleasure	Polite greeting on meeting.
52.	Kia ora	Māori greeting: be well.
53.	Konnichiwa	Japanese daytime greeting.
54.	Long time no see	Greeting after a long absence.
55.	Lovely to see you	Warm appreciative greeting.
56.	Mabuhay	Filipino: welcome; live!
57.	Merry meet	Pagan-style friendly greeting.
58.	Morning	Casual morning greeting.
59.	Morning all	Greeting a group in morning.
60.	Morning, folks	Casual group morning greeting.
61.	Namaste	Respectful greeting; I bow to you.
62.	Ni hao	Mandarin: you good; hi.
63.	Nice to meet you	Polite first-introduction greeting.
64.	Nice to see you	Friendly greeting on meeting.
65.	No worries	Relaxed friendly greeting tone.
66.	Oh, hi	Casual slightly surprised greeting.
67.	Olá	Portuguese: hi.
68.	Pleased to meet you	Formal first-meeting greeting.
69.	Pura vida	Costa Rican friendly greeting.
70.	S’up?	Very informal check-in greeting.
71.	Salam	Arabic: peace; greeting.
72.	Salutations	Formal or playful greeting.
73.	Sawubona	Zulu: I see you.
74.	Selamat pagi	Malay/Indonesian: good morning.
75.	Servus	Central European casual greeting.
76.	Shalom	Hebrew: peace; greeting.
77.	Sup	Very informal greeting.
78.	Szia	Hungarian: hi/bye.
79.	Tēnā koe	Māori greeting to one person.
80.	Tēnā koutou	Māori greeting to a group.
81.	Top of the morning	Cheery Irish-style greeting.
82.	Welcome	Greeting to someone arriving.
83.	Welcome aboard	Greeting to newcomers.
84.	Welcome back	Greeting on return.
85.	Welcome, everyone	Group greeting in meetings.
86.	Well met	Old-fashioned friendly greeting.
87.	What’s cracking?	Playful informal greeting.
88.	What’s good?	Casual greeting question.
89.	What’s happening?	Casual greeting question.
90.	What’s new?	Friendly update-seeking greeting.
91.	What’s up?	Common casual greeting.
92.	Why, hello there	Playful dramatic greeting.
93.	Wotcha	British informal greeting.
94.	Yá’át’ééh	Navajo: it is good.
95.	Yo	Very informal greeting.
96.	Yo yo	Playful informal greeting.
97.	Yoo-hoo	Playful attention-getting greeting.
98.	You alright?	British casual greeting check.
99.	Zdravo	Serbian/Croatian: hi.
100.	Zdravstvuyte	Russian: formal hello.