godspeed
Safe travels wish
Godspeed is a wish for success and safe travel, typically offered to someone embarking on a journey or new venture: She wished him godspeed as he left for the expedition.
The word combines God and speed in its old sense of prosperity or good fortune—literally asking for divine favor.
It sounds formal or old-fashioned today, often used at moments of significance or finality: Godspeed, and may we meet again.
Act of leaving another
- departureAct of going away
- send-offFarewell gathering or party
- bon voyageTraveler's send-off phrase
- valedictionFormal parting statement
leave-taking · adieu · fare-thee-well · safe travels · embarkation · setting forth · launching · sailing
Formal spoken blessing
- prayerAddress to deity
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- providenceDivine protective care
divine favor · well-wishing · invocation · good wishes · protection · safekeeping · guardian · watch over
Journey by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- questSeeking journey for something
crossing · passage · mission · undertaking · venture · enterprise · endeavor · sojourn
Untroubled progress forward
- clear skiesAbsence of cloud cover
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- providenceDivine protective care
- good fortuneFavorable chance outcomes
auspicious · completion · fulfillment · destiny · fate
parting
Act of leaving another
- departureAct of going away
- send-offFarewell gathering or party
- bon voyageTraveler's send-off phrase
valediction · leave-taking · adieu · fare-thee-well · safe travels · embarkation · setting forth · launching · sailing · au revoir
benediction
Formal spoken blessing
providence · divine favor · well-wishing · invocation · good wishes · protection · safekeeping · guardian · watch over · guidance
voyage
Journey by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
quest · crossing · passage · mission · undertaking · venture · enterprise · endeavor · sojourn · transit
smooth sailing
Untroubled progress forward
- clear skiesAbsence of cloud cover
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- providenceDivine protective care
good fortune · auspicious · completion · fulfillment · destiny · fate
- Pleasantriesplease, thank you, thanks, sorry, excuse me
- farewell phrasesfarewell, bon voyage, happy trails, safe journey, au revoir
- farewellsfarewell, bye, adieu, bye-bye, adios
- goodbyesbye, bye-bye, see ya, byebye, see you
- greetingshi, hello, hey, hola, aloha
- sign-offsfarewell, bye, see you later, sincerely, best wishes
godspeedcurse
Invoked harm through words
damn you · malediction · go to hell · damnation · hex
godspeedwelcome
Hospitable greeting offered
hello · greetings · welcome back · hail · salutations
godspeedgood riddance
Joy at removal
don't bother · discouragement · give up · doom and gloom · pessimism
goodbye, gospel, goddess, godsend, goodbyes, godchild, goddesses, godchildren, godsends