Greet
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English
Verb
Greet (third-person singular simple present Greets, present participle Greeting, simple past and past participle Greeted)
- To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.
- To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
- To accost; to address.
- (intransitive) To meet and give salutations.
Adverbs for Greet
affably; jovially; charmingly; affectionately; cordially; effusively; ardently; sympathetically; benignly; blandly; genially; brusquely; civilly; fraternally; perfunctorily; hilariously; boisterously.
Synonyms for Greet
hail, address, receive, welcome, accost, salute.
Thesaurus
accost, address, appeal to, approach, bawl, bespeak, bid good day, bid good morning, blubber, boohoo, bow to, break down, burst into tears, buttonhole, call to, cry, curtsy, dissolve in tears, drop a tear, exchange greetings, hail, halloo, invoke, kiss, kiss hands, lift the hat, meet, nod to, pull the forelock, receive, salute, say hello, shake, shake hands, shed tears, snivel, sob, speak, speak fair, speak to, take aside, talk to, touch the hat, uncover, usher in, weep, welcome, whimper
