Dictionary Entry
farewell
farewell is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as interjection, noun, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1interjection
Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell.
- 2noun
A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu.
- 3noun
Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.
- 4adjective
Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow.
- 5noun
the act of departing politely
"he disliked long farewells"
"he took his leave"
- 6noun
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
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