good afternoon
Post-noon polite phrase
Good afternoon is a greeting or farewell used roughly from noon until evening.
It's more formal than hey or hi, often heard in professional settings or from service workers: Good afternoon, how may I help you?
Like good morning and good evening, it can sound stiff in casual conversation.
- helloCommon spoken greeting
- how do you doFormal spoken greeting
- greetingExpression of welcome
- hiInformal spoken salutation
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
salutation · namaste · friendly wave · noon · bonjour · siesta · aloha · midday · lunch hour · acknowledgment · hola · g'day · pleasantries · politeness · small talk · smile · sunny · welcome
- Pleasantriesplease, thank you, thanks, sorry, excuse me
- greetingshi, hello, hey, hola, aloha
- Salutationsgreetings, hello, welcome, salutations, how do you do
- Old Greetingsfare thee well, hail, well met, how now, what ho
- phone greetingshello, hi, hey, this is, speaking
- polite phrasesplease, thank you, yes sir, hello, no sir
greeting vs farewell
good afternoongoodbye
Departing salutation
farewell · see you later · take care · so long · adieu
polite vs rude register
good afternoongo away
Command to leave
get lost · buzz off · leave me alone · scram