Meanings
- not comparableMaking no significant difference.
Near-synonym: all one
2 more examples
It's all the same to me if you want to leave early.
Certainly, many women have found me interesting. All the same, the women closest to me are invariably deeply dissatisfied.
Synonyms: all one
- idiomaticnot comparableAnyway; nevertheless; nonetheless.
He knew it was risky. He did it all the same.
3 more examples
It's sleeting. All the same, I'll take the dog out.
So GCN calls and I'm thinking — what can I say in the pages of an anti-racist, but all the same White newspaper? What will I choose not to say?
1989 February 5, Colin Robinson, “You Dared Us To Dream That We Are Worth Wanting Each Other”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 29, page 10It's a distant solar system / I tried to phone but they don't list 'em / So I asked her for a number all the same
1996, “Cosmic Girl”, in Travelling Without Moving, performed by JamiroquaiSynonyms: even so, just the same, still, withal, all that said, anyhow, be it as it may, be that as it may
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveMaking no significant difference.
adverbAnyway; nevertheless; nonetheless.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbdespite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans om't ewe
- om't eweanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
Bulgarian все същото, все тая
- все същото (vse săštoto)Translations
- все тая (vse taja)anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
Chinese Mandarin 還是 /还是, 仍然
- 還是 /还是 (háishì)anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- 仍然 (réngrán)anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- 依然 (yīrán)anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
Finnish samantekevä, yhdentekevä
- samantekeväTranslations
- yhdentekeväTranslations
- kuitenkinanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- siitä huolimattaanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- yhtä kaikkianyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- siltianyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- joka tapauksessaanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
French néanmoins, tout de même
- néanmoinsanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- tout de mêmeanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- quand mêmeanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
German einerlei, trotzdem
- einerleiTranslations
- trotzdemanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- immerhinanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
Hungarian mégis, akkor is
- mégisanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- akkor isanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- attól méganyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- azértanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- mégiscsakanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
Irish mar sin féin
- mar sin féinanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
Italian lo stesso, ugualmente
- lo stessoanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- ugualmenteanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- comunqueanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
Japanese それでも, やはり
- それでも (sore de mo)anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- やはり (yahari)anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- 依然として (izen to shite)anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
Norwegian likevel, tross alt
- likevelanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- tross altanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
Polish wszystko jedno, wszystko jedno
- wszystko jednoTranslations
- wszystko jednoanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
Portuguese mesmo assim
- mesmo assimanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
Romanian tot, totuși
- totanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- totușianyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
Russian всё равно́, тем не ме́нее
- всё равно́ (vsjo ravnó)anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- тем не ме́нее (tem ne méneje)anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
Swedish ändå, i alla fall
- ändåanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
- i alla fallanyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
Ukrainian одна́ково, ба́йду́же
- одна́ково (odnákovo)Translations
- ба́йду́же (bájdúže)Translations
Cite this entry
all the same. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20the%20same
“all the same.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20the%20same. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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