waving goodbye
Hand-fluttering departure signal
Waving goodbye is the gesture of raising a hand and moving it back and forth to signal farewell.
The wave may be enthusiastic or perfunctory, sustained or brief.
Children wave goodbye from car windows; adults wave from doorways.
The phrase extends to figurative farewells: You can wave goodbye to your bonus after that mistake.
- farewellLeave-taking expression
- final farewellConclusive leave-taking
- partingAct of leaving another
- adieuFormal leave-taking
- see you laterInformal farewell phrase
departure · hand · gesture · blown kiss · salute · sendoff · leaving · tears · tear-stained cheeks · airport · train station · train · platform · handkerchief · distance · bittersweet · au revoir · until we meet again
- farewellsfarewell, bye, adieu, bye-bye, adios
- hand gesturespoint, beckon, clap, snap, pinch
- infant developmentbabbling, developmental milestones, crawling, first steps, developmental delay
- sign languageAmerican Sign Language, British Sign Language, fingerspelling, ASL, handshape
waving goodbyewaving hello
Gesture of friendly acknowledgment
greeting · welcoming · hailing · beckoning · saying hello
waving goodbyereuniting
Coming back together
reunion · embracing · coming together · meeting · arriving
waving goodbyeturning one's back
cold shoulder · looking away · silent treatment · storming off
wave, waving, waved, waves, wavy, waviness, wavelet, goodbye, good