100 Words to Use Instead of “Hello”

100 Words to Use Instead of

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.