wish someone well

Express kind hopes

To wish someone well is to express hope for their happiness, success, or good fortune.

The phrase often appears when parting ways or when someone faces a challenge: I wish you well in your new job.

It can signal genuine warmth or polite closure—sometimes both: We broke up, but I wish her well.

Related

good luck · break a leg · blessing · benediction · safe travels · safe journey · smooth sailing · support · godspeed · kindness · bon voyage · all the best · compassion · encouragement · gratitude · hope · congratulations · take care

Opposites
benevolence vs. malevolence

wish someone wellwish someone ill

Hope for another's misfortune

curse · hex · damn · hate · resent

blessing vs. cursing

wish someone wellcurse

Invoked harm through words

damn · hex · jinx · anathematize · execrate

social gesture

wish someone wellcurse out

Attack with profanity

throw shade · snub · shun · give the cold shoulder · turn one's back on

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G