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HEY Synonyms

There are 8 synonyms of the word hey. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word hey. (close relations)

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hi
noun

• an expression of greeting

• a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands

howdy
noun

• an expression of greeting

blimey
interjection

• Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.

eh
verb

• To use the interjection eh

adjective

• (predicative only) Of mediocre quality; unremarkable.

interjection

• Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.

• In isolation, a request for repetition or clarification of what has just been said. Compare what, pardon.

• An interjection used to ascertain the continued attention of an individual addressed by the speaker

• Expressing apathy or lack of enthusiasm; meh.

huh
nounn
interjection

• (with falling pitch) used to express amusement or subtle surprise.

• Used to express doubt or confusion.

• (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.

• (with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.

• (with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.

• (with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question.

oi
noun

• (sometimes capitalized) A working-class punk rock subgenre of the 1970s, sometimes associated with racism.

interjection

• Said to get someone's attention; hey.

• An expression of surprise.

• An informal greeting, similar to hi.

• An exclamation typically expressing mild frustration or expressing feelings of uncertainty or concern.

pronoun

• (representing rural dialect pronunciation) I.

wotcher
nounn
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yo
interjection

• A greeting similar to hi.

• An interjection similar to hey.

• Present! Here!

pronoun

• (Baltimore) third-person singular, familiar

noun

• Abbreviation of year/years old.

• The letter Ё, ё.

numeral

• Short for yoleven.

Alternatives for HI

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