how do you do, greetings, welcome, how are you, good morning, good day, ciao (Italian), bonjour (French), buenos dÃas, buenas tardes, buenas noches (all Spanish), shalom (Hebrew), hey, hi, howdy*, howdy-do*, hi-ya*, yo*, what's up*, what's happening*; put it there, how goes it; see also greeting 1.
Antonyms goodbye*, au revoir (French), adiós (Spanish).
