as in regardless
in spite of everything
whatever the reviews say, I still think it was a great play
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Relevance
(h)wät-ˈe-vər
as in anything
any of various other things that might also be mentioned
looking for a job as writer or editor—or whatever—with a TV network newscast
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Recent Examples of whatever
Arkansas Online, 8 May 2021
And so the Administration of Harvard, by its own admission, has taken no action whatever.
—William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, 23 Oct. 2017
Obviously nobody is going to listen to me on the subject of clowns, so whatever.
—Marc Snetiker, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2017
Most fares are less than $330, which is whatever-the-Norwegian-word-for-remarkable-is for flights that usually cost at least $750.
—Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2017
Adverb
Wants to be sure her friends notice her new whatever-she's-wearing.
—Arkansas Online, 8 May 2021
And so the Administration of Harvard, by its own admission, has taken no action whatever.
—William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, 23 Oct. 2017
Obviously nobody is going to listen to me on the subject of clowns, so whatever.
—Marc Snetiker, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2017
Most fares are less than $330, which is whatever-the-Norwegian-word-for-remarkable-is for flights that usually cost at least $750.
—Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whatever
Adverb
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Carbery hopes that Ovechkin will add to his lofty goal total in 2026-27, but regardless, the coach is thankful to have been associated with The Great 8.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The parents in The Audacity care deeply about their kids getting into Stanford, which isn’t the same as caring about their kids’ future, which would be secure regardless.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
12 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Because Iran was selling its oil anyway, dropping the sanctions opened up the oil sales to Western countries instead of going exclusively to China, Iran’s biggest customer by far.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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Anymore, which will allow subscribers to snoop at a deep level on just about anyone in the world; the war against the data eaters, the name suggests, is long since lost, and is none of your business, anyway.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The lottery is kind of a crapshoot anyways.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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The exception was Thursday, when oil prices surged higher but the S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite mounted a rally anyways, in an encouraging sign.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Whatever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whatever. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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