FAREWELL Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈfer-ˌwel

Definition of farewell

as in final

given, taken, or performed at parting the singer's farewell tour seemed to last almost as long as her entire career

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noun

fer-ˈwel

as in ave

an expression of good wishes at parting the exchange student and her host family said their tearful farewells, promising to keep in touch

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as in departure

the act of leaving a place before making his final farewell, the company president personally spoke to as many employees as he could

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as in parting

the act or process of two or more persons going off in different directions our farewell was rushed, and we didn't say all that we wanted to before heading off to colleges at opposite ends of the country

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Recent Examples of farewell

Adjective

Four days after playing his farewell match that ended a 21-year tenure with the Argentine national team, Messi played the entire 90 minutes. — ABC News, 10 Oct. 2026 Now the quartet of formidable hard-rocking women is preparing for a farewell run of shows, The Last Hurrah Tour, set to begin in the first week of October. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 7 Oct. 2026

Noun

The Tulsa concert was a stop on Journey’s Final Frontier farewell tour, which launched in February in Pennsylvania. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 What’s even worse is that his prolonged farewell has started chipping away at his undeniable legacy. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for farewell

Recent Examples of Synonyms for farewell

Adjective

But not all their mass gets glommed together to form the final black hole boss.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
The team used those models to guide fabrication and optimize the final device.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of final

Noun

Its longer-term vision extends beyond autonomous aircraft to airports where loading, departures, landings, and turnaround operations require minimal human involvement.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
This rate of departure is significantly higher than the rates seen during the last two administrations.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of departure

Noun

That’s led to further speculation that Riley and USC could potentially agree to a mutual parting of ways after this season.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Shakir Mukhamadullin is 0-8 goals; Jake Walman’s minutes look like the parting of the Red Sea.

— Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of parting

Adjective

Two 17-year-olds were arrested in the death of 16-year-old Samuel Esteban Navarrete, who was shot and killed at a Fort Worth apartment complex last month.

— Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026
Defending champion Indiana was ranked fourth — eight spots ahead of Ohio State, which beat the Hoosiers last month but has since lost quarterback Julian Sayin.

— Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of last

Noun

The company now plans to expand testing before integrating the engine into a flight vehicle.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Kenya’s own top-flight football league and national teams, for instance, have been riddled with challenges ranging from leadership wrangles to payment delays.

— Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of flight

Adjective

The 36-year-old from Romania is having the time of her life in her valedictory season.

— Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
In his almost but not quite valedictory acceptance speech, the 80-year-old Lithgow acknowledged that this Tony win, his third, comes 53 years after his first — and feels every bit as satisfying.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026

Definition of valedictory

Noun

By Tuesday night, more than 800 people had signed it, according to the petition, with 26 leaving comments.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
Officers responded to a call about shots fired a few blocks away from Beale Street and saw a person armed with a gun leaving, said Memphis police.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026

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