Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

god bless

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: god b-less
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

God bless you: a short prayer for the recipient, or a nonliteral well-wishing benediction or valediction culturally inspired by such prayer and thematically concordant with it.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: God love (someone or something), Godspeed, good luck"
"Goodbye, and God bless!"

Etymology

Ellipsis of God bless you and similar phrases.

Inflected Forms

Godbless (alternative, pronunciation spelling) Gobbless (alternative, pronunciation spelling) Gobless (alternative, pronunciation spelling)

Frequently Paired Words

goodbye

Synonyms

God love someone Godspeed good luck

Antonyms

goddamn goddamnit

Questions

What does god bless mean?: God bless you: a short prayer for the recipient, or a nonliteral well-wishing benediction or valediction culturally inspired by such prayer and thematically concordant with it.
Where does god bless come from?: Ellipsis of God bless you and similar phrases.

How to pronounce god bless

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