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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By providing that access, USAID may have violated the Privacy Act of 1974, three experts on the law told ProPublica, regardless if the engineers were government employees at the time.—
Anna Maria Barry-Jester,
ProPublica,
9 Feb. 2025
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What is the point of the enhancements to the academy setup if the club’s best players are going to be picked off like this regardless?—
Matt Woosnam,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Tanking might be impossible anyway considering how Ersson has played lately.—
Kevin Kurz,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
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But old computers don’t necessarily make for bad infrastructure, and government infrastructure isn’t always old anyway.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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But why do so many people care about seeing the Mona Lisa, anyways?—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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What’s the difference between a cardiac arrest and a heart attack, anyways?—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Whatever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whatever. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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