100+ Animal Crossing: New Horizons Greeting Ideas

Your villagers in Animal Crossing: New Horizons are more than just your neighbors in the game. The more you interact with them, the more your conversations with them change.

You can actually increase your friendship with your villagers by talking to them and giving them gifts. And when you reach level five on their friendship meter, you can change how they greet you!

If you’re stumped on what to do with this, let us help you brainstorm some hi’s and hello’s with these 100 Animal Crossing New Horizons greeting ideas.

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100 ACNH Greeting Ideas

1. Greetings for Normal Villagers

Normal villagers are sweet and always so polite, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a little fun with their greetings. Silly greetings can be very entertaining when set for Normal villagers because of how opposite this is from their personalities.

• 😀
• Hewwo
• Hail, Hydra
• Hello, mortal
• Well, well, well

If you prefer the adorable greetings that perfectly match with Normal villagers, we got you covered too.

Animal Crossing can be a relaxing experience, helping you cleanse out the negativity from your daily life, and a simple hello from your beloved Normal villagers can greatly help with your mental wellbeing.

Here are some ACNH greeting ideas that are cute.

• What’s blooming?
• Beautiful day to you
• Cheer up, buttercup
• Stay peachy
• Yay, it’s you

2. Greetings for Lazy Villagers

Lazy villagers talk a lot about their love for snacks and bugs. They don’t mind getting silly with you or with their neighbors as well. You can use a lot of snack-themed greetings with them or have fun with puns and jokes.

• Behold
• Is it snack time?
• The bugs say hi
• Chips ahoy
• What’s cookin’?

• Blooper Mcblooperson!
• Hey, chicken nugget
• What’s the cheese?
• Hello, with a cherry on top
• What’s buggin’ you?

3. Greetings for Big Sister Villagers

Like sisters you can depend on, Big Sister villagers are supportive and helpful in their own special way.

They can sound a bit direct or rough with their conversations with you or with other villagers, but that doesn’t mean they don’t cheer for their friends.

Big Sisters can have a tough attitude, so it seems fitting to give them greetings that match that vibe.

• Hoi hoi
• Howdy
• Yeehaw
• Well, look who’s here
• A sight for sore eyes!

You can also have fun with your Big Sister villager’s slightly aloof disposition by messing with their greetings.

Some Animal Crossing greetings that are funny can go well with a Big Sister’s serious expression. I’m sure they enjoy seeing you in the game, though!

• I need to see the manager
• You’re here?
• Look who the cat dragged in
• You stayin’?
• Hello, I s’pose

4. Greetings for Jock Villagers

Time for the musclehead greetings! Jocks love anything related to sports and exercise. Knowing this and their personality, you can get really creative and funny with their greetings, like using bro-speak and slang.

• Do you even lift, bro
• Yo, broski
• Whassup, jabroni
• Need a bro-hug?
• Give me a hi-10!

Some ridiculous ones can work well as secret greeting ideas as well. Don’t worry, the joke can stay between you two!

• It’s pizza time
• Fo shizzle
• Later, skater
• Sun’s out, gun’s out!
• What’s kickin’

5. Greetings for Snooty Villagers

Snooty villagers can be a bit, well, snooty! They might sound condescending with their darlings and dears, but they do enjoy your company and love to help their friends in their own fashion.

They like high culture things, so greetings in French or other similar languages fit their style. Character symbols also work well for sparkly Snooty villagers like Judy, Diana, and Cleo. 

• Sunshine
• Symbols like ♦*♥♪◌
• Lovely to see you
• Bonjour
• Marvelous, darling

Snooty villagers do have a tendency to be a bit gossip-y or mean, so by playing with this side of them through their greetings can be entertaining too.

• Spill the tea
• This better be good
• What is it?
• The audacity
• Ta-ta, love

6. Greetings for Smug Villagers

Smug villagers can also be a bit condescending, especially when they really push for their interests and hobbies. They can be a bit flirty with the player or with their neighbors too, especially towards Snooty villagers. You can play this up with their greetings!

• Oh, you dingus
• Hello, beautiful
• My liege 
• My king/queen / Your Grace
• Cue the red carpet

Like Snooty villagers, they also like the finer things in life, sometimes more so than their Snooty friends, and they will not hesitate to let everyone know about their high culture knowledge. You can use this aspect of them for their greetings.

• Do your homework
• Cheerio
• Hello, mon amie
• Carpe diem
• Felicitations

7. Greetings for Cranky Villagers

Yep, you guessed it – Cranky villagers can be quite cranky. Their grumpy nature might rub some players and villagers the wrong way, but they really just have a tough yet sincere heart. A lot of Cranky villagers come across as old in age, so using old phrases and expressions can work.

• Good to see you, old bean
• Hey, partner
• Good day, old chap
• Hey, sport
• What’s up, son?

They can also get a bit abrasive, so use this to your own entertainment! There is no rule against funny ACNH greetings, afterall.

• How’s it goin’, punk?
• Talk to me
• Look who showed up
• You fell from the sky?
• Goodness gracious

8. Greetings for Peppy Villagers

Use your Peppy villager’s extra energy and channel it into their greetings! They love pop music, they love quirky things, and they love chatting with you. Combine all those for some upbeat and high-energy greetings!

• Groovy Superstar
• Guuuurl
• AAAHHHH
• Hey, girlfriend
• Rawr

Memes and movie quotes can work hilariously well with Peppy villagers too. Got a favorite movie in mind? Slap your favorite quote onto their secret greeting for some fun chaotic madness.

• Witness me!
• I have the high ground
• Yer a wizard, (name)
• I’m once again saying hi
• My precious!

9. Bonus Greetings

Here are some more fun ACNH greetings!

For bunnies:

• Sun’s out, buns out
• Hippity hoppity

For Mice:

• It’s gouda to see you
• Cut the cheese

For cats:

• Hey meowterial girl
• Meow’s it going?
• Hi nyan!

For wolves:

• You look delicious
• What’s howlin’
• Winter is coming

A play on their name or type:

• B-e-a-utiful day to you (for Bea)
• Pip, pip, hurrah! (for Pippy)
• Robotic greetings, like “beep boop hello”, for robot villagers like Ribbot, Del, Cephalobot, and Sprocket
• For science! (for nerdy villagers like Petri, Raddle, or any of the robot villagers)

Internet memes and movie/TV show references:

• Konnichihello
• I can’t with you
• Hey, you’re finally awake
• The end is near
• Flameo, hotman
• That’ll be 500 NMTs

And that’s 100 Animal Crossing New Horizons greeting ideas! 100 cute, silly, funny, and meme-y greetings for 100 different uses.

I hope this article has been an enlightening experience on what you can do with your villager greetings, and if you’re using one or two from this list let us know in the comments below. With that said, arrivederci!