whatever 1 of 2

as in regardless
in spite of everything whatever the reviews say, I still think it was a great play

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Relevance

whatever

2 of 2

pronoun

(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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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of whatever
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
  • An administrative hearing officer kicked her off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) regardless, based solely on the allegedly suspicious shopping pattern.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The setting will remain Southern California regardless.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The Dodgers felt comfortable enough with that knowledge to carry him on their Wild Card Series roster anyway.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
  • But Obama recovered and was reelected anyway, albeit with a smaller margin of victory than four years earlier.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Bosses might assume these doubts will slow Gen Z down, but 54% still regularly browse for new roles anyways.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • He’s told not to pull the blood ticks from his internal organs but does it anyways, resulting in one of the little pests letting out a spray of toxic gas, killing everyone in the room.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Whatever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whatever. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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