welcome

The word “welcome” has 2 syllables: wel-come

It's pronounced as /ˈwɛl.kəm/


What is synonym and antonym for welcome?

In the thesaurus, “welcome” has 100 synonyms and 98 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for welcome along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for welcome

Antonyms for welcome

  • abhorrent
  • abominable
  • adieu
  • aggravating
  • angering
  • annoying
  • bilious
  • bon voyage
  • boring
  • commonplace
  • congee
  • decline
  • deplorable
  • depressing
  • detestable
  • disagreeable
  • disgusting
  • disheartening
  • dismal
  • displeasing
  • dissatisfying
  • distasteful
  • distressing
  • disturbing
  • doleful
  • dolorous
  • dreary
  • dull
  • enflaming
  • enraging
  • exasperating
  • farewell
  • flat
  • forbidding
  • ghastly
  • gloomy
  • god-awful
  • godspeed
  • good-by
  • good-bye
  • hateful
  • heartbreaking
  • heartrending
  • hellish
  • horrid
  • hostile
  • incensing
  • inflaming
  • infuriating
  • insipid
  • intimidating
  • irksome
  • irritating
  • joyless
  • lachrymose
  • lamentable
  • lugubrious
  • maddening
  • miserable
  • mournful
  • obnoxious
  • odious
  • offensive
  • outraging
  • pass up
  • peeving
  • perturbing
  • pleasureless
  • rankling
  • refuse
  • regrettable
  • reject
  • repellant
  • repellent
  • repugnant
  • repulsive
  • revulsive
  • riling
  • sad
  • sorrowful
  • spurn
  • stale
  • tedious
  • throw over
  • tragic
  • tragical
  • turn down
  • unhappy
  • unpalatable
  • unpleasant
  • unsavory
  • unwelcome
  • upsetting
  • vexing
  • vile
  • wretched
  • yucky
  • yukky

Meanings of welcome

  • noun
    1. The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.
    2. The utterance of such a greeting.
    3. Kind reception of a guest or newcomer.
    4. The state of being a welcome guest.
  • verb
    1. To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".
    2. To accept something willingly or gladly.
  • adjective
    1. Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.
    2. Producing gladness.
    3. Free to have or enjoy gratuitously.
  • interjection
    1. Greeting given upon someone's arrival.
    2. Ellipsis of you're welcome.

Example Sentences

  • They gave us a warm welcome when we arrived at the hotel.
  • You are always welcome in our home.
  • The teacher said we were welcome to ask questions anytime.
  • His speech received a welcome round of applause.
  • The rain was a welcome relief after weeks of drought.

On this page you'll find 198 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to welcome, such as: abhorrent, abominable, adieu, adopt, affable, aggravating, agreeable.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • A-OK
  • OK
  • acceptable
  • adequate
  • admissible
  • agreeable
  • all right
  • appropriate
  • average
  • bearable
  • big
  • bland
  • characterless
  • colorless
  • common
  • commonplace
  • conventional
  • cooking with gas
  • cool
  • copacetic
  • correct
  • decent
  • delightful
  • due
  • dull
  • endurable
  • enough
  • fair
  • fair to middling
  • fine
  • fitting
  • good
  • goodish
  • gratifying
  • hep
  • hip
  • humdrum
  • hunky-dory
  • in the swim
  • inconsequential
  • inconsiderable
  • indifferent
  • inferior
  • insignificant
  • intermediate
  • kosher
  • large
  • mainstream
  • mean
  • medial
  • median
  • mediocre
  • medium
  • meet
  • mid
  • middle
  • middling
  • minimal
  • moderate
  • modest
  • neutral
  • no great shakes
  • normal
  • not bad
  • of poor quality
  • okay
  • on the ball
  • on the beam
  • ordinary
  • paltry
  • par
  • passable
  • peachy keen
  • pedestrian
  • piddling
  • pleasant
  • pleasing
  • popular
  • pretty good
  • proper
  • reasonable
  • respectable
  • right
  • right on
  • run-of-mine
  • run-of-the-mill
  • run-of-the-mine
  • satisfactory
  • satisfying
  • second-rate
  • seemly
  • serviceable
  • so-so
  • standard
  • sufferable
  • sufficient
  • suitable
  • swell
  • tolerable
  • traditional
  • trendy
  • trifling
  • trivial
  • undistinguished
  • unexceptional
  • uninspired
  • unobjectionable
  • unremarkable
  • up to code
  • up to snuff
  • up to standard
  • useful
  • usual
  • vanilla
  • welcome
  • worthy

hail

  • acclaim
  • accost
  • accredit
  • acknowledge
  • address
  • adulate
  • applaud
  • approve
  • ask
  • assemble
  • avalanche
  • ballyhoo
  • barrage
  • batter
  • be a native of
  • be born in
  • beat down upon
  • beckon
  • begin
  • belaud
  • bid
  • blitz
  • blitzkrieg
  • bombard
  • bombardment
  • bravo
  • broadside
  • burst
  • buzz
  • call
  • call out
  • call up
  • cannonade
  • cataclysm
  • cataract
  • celebrate
  • cheer
  • cite
  • claim as birthplace
  • clap
  • command
  • commend
  • compliment
  • convene
  • convoke
  • crack up
  • current
  • deify
  • deluge
  • demand
  • discharge
  • distance
  • drumbeat
  • drumfire
  • earful
  • earshot
  • emblazon
  • endorse
  • engulfment
  • eruption
  • eulogize
  • exalt
  • excess
  • extol
  • extoll
  • favor
  • flag
  • flag down
  • flatter
  • flood
  • flood tide
  • flurry
  • flush
  • fusillade
  • glorify
  • glut
  • greet
  • gush
  • hailstorm
  • hear it for
  • hearing
  • hello
  • holler
  • idolize
  • indorse
  • inundation
  • invite
  • invoke
  • knell
  • kudize
  • laud
  • magnify
  • muster
  • order
  • outbreak
  • outburst
  • outflow
  • outpouring
  • overabundance
  • overage
  • overflow
  • overkill
  • overmuch
  • overpraise
  • oversupply
  • page
  • pelt
  • pelting
  • praise
  • rain
  • rash
  • recognize
  • recommend
  • request
  • requisition
  • ring
  • river
  • root for
  • rush
  • salute
  • salvo
  • send for
  • shoulder
  • shout
  • shower
  • sight
  • signal
  • sing
  • sing out
  • sound
  • spate
  • speak to
  • storm
  • stream
  • subpoena
  • summon
  • superabundance
  • superfluity
  • support
  • surfeit
  • surge
  • surplus
  • tide
  • torrent
  • tout
  • volley
  • volume
  • wave down
  • welcome
  • whistle
  • whistle down
  • whistle for
  • yawp
  • yoo-hoo

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