nonetheless

adverb

none·​the·​less ˌnən-t͟hə-ˈles 

: in spite of what has just been said : nevertheless

The hike was difficult, but fun nonetheless.

… smaller but nonetheless important research programs.

—Malcolm W. Browne

More removed from vineyards, but worth a side trip nonetheless, is the small city of Mirepoix.

—Kim Marcus

Fish-belly gray and homely as oatmeal, it nonetheless evokes the fresh, mild scent and flavor of the catch of the day.

—Nancy Coons

Synonyms of nonetheless

• however
• nevertheless
• though
• still

Examples of nonetheless in a Sentence

sometimes you can be a real jerk, but I like you nonetheless

Recent Examples on the Web

Okay, no one else was really trying to release three albums at the same time, but a record is a record nonetheless. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 May 2026

The Canadiens are coming off a loss in Game 2 to Carolina, a loss that could have very easily been a win, but a loss nonetheless. —Arpon Basu, New York Times, 25 May 2026

Broughton nonetheless wears his sci-fi influences proudly. —Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 25 May 2026

Though Export’s radical feminist art grew out of a particular political moment that had pretty much passed by the time Yuskavage began her career, the artists nonetheless share a rabble-rousing sensibility and an obsession with the unnerving visual punch of the female body. —Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nonetheless

• adulteress
• adventuress
• nevertheless
• abbess
• abscess
• access
• address
• assess
• caress
• confess
• depress
• digress

Kids Definition

nonetheless

adverb

none·​the·​less ˌnən-t͟hə-ˈles 

: nevertheless