Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "greeting" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

front door

Derived Terms

greeting card greetingless greetingly greetings card nongreeting season's greetings

Inflected/Variant Forms

greet

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

acknowledgement acknowledgment

Type Of (IsA)

acknowledgment single communication act social activity

Parts (Meronyms)

bob bow curtsy embrace handshake hello how are you hug kiss nod salute smile wave

Related Terms

greet hello salutation

Related Terms

arrival conventional conversation greet hello letter presence salutation

Used For

welcome

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.