Written and Verbal

• Ahoy
  Ahoy (greeting)
  Ahoy is a word used to signal a ship or boat, stemming from the Middle English cry, "Hoy!". The word had fallen into obsolescence before rising from obscurity as the sport of sailing rose in popularity. "Ahoy" can be used as a greeting, a warning, or a farewell.Ahoy is a combination of the call...
  
  
• G'day
• Good evening
• Good morning
  Good morning
  Good morning may refer to:* a commonly used greeting.In television:* Good Morning!!! , a children's show* Good Morning , a daytime talk show...
  
  
• Greetings
• Hello
  Hello
  Hello is a salutation or greeting in the English language. It is attested in writing as early as the 1830s.-First use:Hello, with that spelling, was used in publications as early as 1833. These include an 1833 American book called The Sketches and Eccentricities of Col...
  
  
• Hello there
• Hey
• Hi
• Hi there
• How are you?
• How are you doing?
• How's it going?
• Howdy
• Salutations
• Welcome, to someone entering a place or group
• What's up?
• Yo
  Yo
  Yo is an English slang interjection, commonly associated with American English. It was highly popularized after being used commonly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since the 1970s.-Common usage:...
  
  
• Sup
  SUP
  Sup may refer to:* Supper, a name of the meal that is consumed before bed* Supremum, in mathematics , the least upper bound of a partially ordered set* Sup squark, the supersymmetric partner of the up quark, in particle physics...
  
  

Gestures

• Añjali Mudrā
  Añjali Mudrā
  Añjali Mudrā or Pranamasana is a hand gesture which is practiced throughout Asia. It is used as a sign of respect and a greeting in India and amongst yoga practitioners and adherents of similar traditions...
  
  
• Bowing
  Bowing (social)
  Bowing is the act of lowering the torso and head as a social gesture in direction to another person or symbol. It is most prominent in Asian cultures but it is also typical of nobility and aristocracy in many countries and distinctively in Europe. Sometimes the gesture may be limited to lowering...
  
  
• Cheek kissing
  Cheek kissing
  Cheek kissing is a ritual or social gesture to indicate friendship, perform a greeting, to confer congratulations, to comfort someone, to show respect, or to indicate sexual or romantic interest....
  
  
• Eskimo kissing
  Eskimo kissing
  The act known as eskimo kissing in modern western culture is loosely based on a traditional Inuit greeting called a kunik.A kunik is a form of expressing affection, usually between family members and loved ones, that involves pressing the nose and upper lip against the skin and breathing in,...
  
  
• Fist pound
  Fist pound
  The fist bump is a gesture similar in meaning to a handshake or high five. A fist bump can also be a symbol of giving respect. It can be followed by various other hand and body gestures and may be part of a dap greeting...
  
  , in which two individuals touch fists
• High-five
• Pressing noses
  Hongi
  A hongi is a traditional Māori greeting in New Zealand. It is done by pressing one's nose and forehead to another person at an encounter....
  
  
• Handshake
  Handshake
  A handshake is a short ritual in which two people grasp one of each other's like hands, in most cases accompanied by a brief up and down movement of the grasped hands.-History:...
  
  
• Hand-kissing
  Hand-kissing
  Hand-kissing is a gesture indicating courtesy, politeness, respect, admiration or even devotion by a man towards a woman, by a vassal towards his master or a child towards his parent or grand-parent....
  
  
• Hat raising or tipping
  Hat tip
  A hat tip is an act of tipping or doffing one's hat as a cultural expression of recognition, respect, gratitude, greeting, or simple salutation and acknowledgement between two persons....
  
  
• Hug
  Hug
  A hug is a form of physical intimacy, that usually involves closing or holding the arms around the neck, back, or waist of another person; if more than two persons are involved, this is referred to as a group hug. A hug, sometimes in association with a kiss, eye contact or other gestures, is a...
  
  
• Kowtow
  Kowtow
  Kowtow is the act of deep respect shown by kneeling and bowing so low as to have one's head touching the ground. An alternative Chinese term is ketou, however the meaning is somewhat altered: kòu originally meant "knock with reverence", whereas kē has the general meaning of "touch upon ".In Han...
  
  
• Namaste
  Namaste
  Namaste is a common spoken valediction or salutation originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is a customary greeting when individuals meet, and a valediction upon their parting. A non-contact form of salutation is traditionally preferred in India and Namaste is the most common form of such a...
  
  
• Pranāma
  Pranāma
  Pranāma or ', the touching of the feet in Indian culture, is a show of respect and it is often an integral part of darshan. When greeting, children touch the feet of their family elders while people of all ages will bend to touch the feet of a great guru, murti or icon of a Deva .It is customary...
  
  
• Roman salute
  Roman salute
  The Roman salute is a gesture in which the arm is held out forward straight, with palm down, and fingers touching. In some versions, the arm is raised upward at an angle; in others, it is held out parallel to the ground. The former is a well known symbol of fascism that is commonly perceived to be...
  
  
• Tehniyat
  Tehniyat
  Tehniyat is the symbolic gesture of "Warm Tiding". Arabs often take account of this gesture in numerous occasions , particularly while greeting a guest , relative or a friend. However, this rich Arabic word is widely used to name female new born Muslim babies by the followers of Islam. It is a...
  
  
• Waving, the gesture of moving one's hand back and forth
• Wai
  Thai greeting
  The Thai greeting referred to as the wai consists of a slight bow, with the palms pressed together in a prayer-like fashion. It has its origin in the Indic Añjali Mudrā, like the Indian namasté and the Cambodian sampeah...
  
  

See also

• Wiktionary greetings category