Answer to "Informal goodbye" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LATER , but the solution may also be PEACE which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).

Informal goodbye crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
LATER	38 %	5
CIAO	25 %	4
PEACE	13 %	5
TATA	13 %	4
STAYCOOL	13 %	8

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Informal goodbye

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• later
• ciao
• kiss
• kissing
• toodle-oo
• leave
• adios
• bye-bye
• so long
• long
• obit
• paint

Crossword Answer definitions

LATER adjective

1. Near the end of a period of time.
2. Specifically, near the end of the day.
3. (usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.
4. Not arriving until after an expected time.
5. Not having had an expected menstrual period.
6. Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Often used with "the"; see usage notes.)
7. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.
8. Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
9. Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.

LATER adverb

1. After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.
2. Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.
3. Not long ago; just now.

LATER adverb

1. Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).
2. At some unspecified time in the future.

LATER interjection

1. See you later; goodbye.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result LATER

• Slangy "so-long"
• Slangy farewell
• "Ciao!"
• "So long!"
• Slangy so-long
• "See you ______, alligator"
• "Can't you see I'm busy?"
• Informal goodbye
• "Bye!"
• After some time

More clues leading to the result CIAO

• Genoa good-bye
• "Later, alligator"
• Arrivederci
• Slangy good-bye
• Venice farewell!
• "Later!"
• Bologna bye
• "Later," to the jet set
• Berlusconi's farewell
• "TTYL"

More clues leading to the result PEACE

• Hippie's signoff
• Two-fingered greeting
• Tranquility
• Woodstock symbol
• Tranquillity
• "The opposite of war isn't ___! It's creation!" ("Rent" line)
• Two fingers, symbolically
• Harmony
• A meaning of "V"
• Dove's desire

More clues leading to the result TATA

• "Bye-bye!"
• "Cheerio!"
• "So long!"
• "So long, luv!"
• Folkestone farewell!
• Slangy so-long
• "Bye!"
• "Ciao!" cousin
• "Later, dude!"
• Cheery "bye"

More clues leading to the result STAYCOOL

• Don't have a cow!
• Relax
• Remain calm
• Yearbook-signing cliché
• Informal goodbye