Synonyms for greet
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1. greetverb

   To accost is to speak first, to friend or stranger, generally with a view to opening conversation; greet is not so distinctly limited, since one may return another's greeting; greet and hail may imply but a passing word; greeting may be altogether silent; to hail is to greet in a loud-voiced and commonly hearty and joyous way, as appears in the expression "hail fellow, well met." To salute is to greet with special token of respect, as a soldier his commander. To apostrophize is to solemnly address some person or personified attribute apart from the audience to whom one is speaking; as, a preacher may apostrophize virtue, the saints of old, or even the Deity. To appeal is strictly to call for some form of help or support. Address is slightly more formal than accost or greet, though it may often be interchanged with them. One may address another at considerable length or in writing; he accosts orally and briefly.

   Synonyms:
   address, address, apostrophize, appeal, approach, cost, court, hail, salute, speak to, woo

   Antonyms:
   avoid, cut, elude, ignore, overlook, pass, pass by, shun

   Preposition:
   Address the memorial to the legislature; the president addressed the people in an eloquent speech; he addressed an intruder with indignation.

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1. greet, recognize, recogniseverb

   express greetings upon meeting someone

   Synonyms:
   know, recognise, realize, tell apart, agnize, spot, realise, acknowledge, distinguish, accredit, pick out, recognize, discern, make out, agnise

2. greetverb

   send greetings to

   Synonyms:
   recognise, recognize

3. greetverb

   react to in a certain way

   "The President was greeted with catcalls"

   Synonyms:
   recognise, recognize

4. greetverb

   be perceived by

   "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"

   Synonyms:
   recognise, recognize

Matched Categories

1. • Communicate
   • React

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1. greetverb

   Synonyms:
   salute, welcome, hail, address, accost

2. greetverb

   Synonyms:
   compliment, send greeting to

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1. greetverb

   Synonyms:
   address, salute, hail, accost

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1. List of paraphrases for "greet":

   welcome, salute, commend

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How to use greet in a sentence?

1. Chris Van Hollen:

   She was tearing up and she asked for tissues before she went in [to greet her husband] and she needed them.

2. Bethany Mandel:

   If you can't say a woman is a woman and a man is a man, you can't greet someone, and so it's a really sort of terrifying environment for him to work in eight hours a day.

3. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   I greet you as the shapers of American society.

4. Joaquin Humberto:

   At first when people here saw our government identity cards it was hard for them to greet us, the state was seen more as an enemy than an ally. It was seen as repressive, its only presence was the police who went in with guns.

5. Brian Deschanel:

   In a mercantile civilization, kindness does not greet impoverishment, charity searches for trades, freedom is on display for sale, and opportunities are available to those who meet the price.