Cheerio

Breakfast cereal loop

Cheerio is a British exclamation used when parting, equivalent to goodbye but breezier and more casual: Cheerio, see you tomorrow!

It can also express good wishes, like a toast.

The word sounds old-fashioned or quaint to American ears.

Cheerios, capitalized, is a brand of breakfast cereal.

farewell

goodbye

Departing salutation

ta-ta · departure · leave-taking · send-off · valediction · exit · toodle-oo · pip-pip · ciao · later

cereal

breakfast

Day's first eating

bowl · milk · honey · crunchy · puffed · whole-grain · snack · American

greeting

hello

Common spoken greeting

acknowledgment · friendly · casual · informal · colloquial · jovial · upbeat · spirited

Categories
Opposites
cereal shape

CheerioCorn Flakes

Toasted maize breakfast cereal

Frosted Flakes · Chex · Grape-Nuts · Weetabix · granola

greeting vs farewell

Cheeriohello

Common spoken greeting

hi · hullo · good morning · welcome · greetings

tone of farewell

Cheeriofarewell

Leave-taking expression

goodbye · adieu · so long · vale · good night

Phrases
Family

cheer, cheers, cheered, cheering, cheerful, cheerfully, cheerfulness, cheerless, cheery

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G