Meanings
adverbnevertheless (not comparable)
alternative archaic poetic ne'ertheless · alternative dated nonstandard nethertheless
- conjunctivenot comparableIn spite of what preceded; yet.
He saw a monstrosity of a dog trodding on the sidewalk, unleashed, with a haughty man besides it; nevertheless, he continued his treacherous plight.
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Now no chaſtening for the preſent ſeemeth to be ioyous, but grieuous: neuertheleſſe, afterward it yeeldeth the peaceable fruite of righteouſneſſe, vnto them which are exerciſed thereby.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 12:11, column 2The attainment of the skills of elementary reading occurred some time ago for almost all who read this book. Nevertheless, we continue to experience the problems of this level of reading, no matter how capable we may be as readers.
1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 17Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand.
2013 September-October, Michael Sivak, “Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?”, in American ScientistPaul did eventually mention potential First Amendment concerns, saying, "We have to be wary of where it leads to, so it doesn't lead to speech problems." He nevertheless could and should have made it clearer that the "crackdown" he has in mind does not entail the sort of government restrictions that Carr and Cruz rightly rejected.
2025 September 16, Jacob Sullum, “Brendan Carr and Ted Cruz Don't Think Charlie Kirk's Murder Justifies Speech Restrictions”, in ReasonSynonyms: even so, however, nonetheless, still, though, yet, notwithstanding, all that said
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn spite of what preceded; yet.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbdespite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
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Origin
- Middle Englishnevertheles
- Englishnevertheless
From Middle English nevertheles, never-þe-les, nevere-þe-lesse. By surface analysis, never (“not at all”) + the + less; compare never the wiser.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek μέντοι, καίτοι
- μέντοι (méntoi)in spite of what preceded
- καίτοι (kaítoi)in spite of what preceded
- ὅμως (hómōs)in spite of what preceded
- καὶ ὡς (kaì hōs)in spite of what preceded
Arabic لٰكِن, لٰكِنَّ
- لٰكِن (lākin)in spite of what preceded
- لٰكِنَّ (lākinna)in spite of what preceded
- وَلٰكِن (wa-lākin)in spite of what preceded
- وَلٰكِنَّ (wa-lākinna)in spite of what preceded
- رَغْمَ ذٰلِك (raḡma ḏālik)in spite of what preceded
- وَمَعَ ذٰلِكَ (wa-maʕa ḏālika)in spite of what preceded
- بِالرَّغْمِ مِن ذٰلِكَ (bi-r-raḡmi min ḏālika)in spite of what preceded
Basque haatik
- haatikin spite of what preceded
Bengali অথচ
- অথচ (othoc)in spite of what preceded
Bulgarian оба́че, въпреки това
- оба́че (obáče)in spite of what preceded
- въпреки това (văpreki tova)in spite of what preceded
- все пак (vse pak)in spite of what preceded
Catalan tanmateix, nogensmenys
- tanmateixin spite of what preceded
- nogensmenysin spite of what preceded
- no obstantin spite of what preceded
- ara béin spite of what preceded
Chinese Mandarin 但是, 可是
- 但是 (dànshì)in spite of what preceded
- 可是 (kěshì)in spite of what preceded
- 不過 /不过 (búguò)in spite of what preceded
- 卻 /却 (què)in spite of what preceded
- 還是 /还是 (háishi)in spite of what preceded
- 然而 (rán'ér)in spite of what preceded
- 仍然 (réngrán)in spite of what preceded
- 儘管如此 /尽管如此 (jǐnguǎn rúcǐ)in spite of what preceded
Czech nicméně, však
- nicméněin spite of what preceded
- všakin spite of what preceded
Danish dog, alligevel
- dogin spite of what preceded
- alligevelin spite of what preceded
- ikke desto mindrein spite of what preceded
Dutch daarentegen, echter
- daarentegenin spite of what preceded
- echterin spite of what preceded
- evenwelin spite of what preceded
- nietteminin spite of what preceded
- niettegenstaandein spite of what preceded
- tochin spite of what preceded
- desondanksin spite of what preceded
- desalnietteminin spite of what preceded
- alhoewelin spite of what preceded
Esperanto kontraŭe, tamen
- kontraŭein spite of what preceded
- tamenin spite of what preceded
- malgraŭein spite of what preceded
Estonian ikka
- ikkain spite of what preceded
Finnish kuitenkin, siitä huolimatta
- kuitenkinin spite of what preceded
- siitä huolimattain spite of what preceded
- joka tapauksessain spite of what preceded
- kumminkinin spite of what preceded
- siltiin spite of what preceded
- yhtä kaikkiin spite of what preceded
French cependant, pourtant
- cependantin spite of what preceded
- pourtantin spite of what preceded
- néanmoinsin spite of what preceded
- toutefoisin spite of what preceded
- nonobstantin spite of what preceded
- malgré toutin spite of what preceded
- cela étantin spite of what preceded
- tout de mêmein spite of what preceded
German jedoch, allerdings
- jedochin spite of what preceded
- allerdingsin spite of what preceded
- nichtsdestowenigerin spite of what preceded
- trotzdemin spite of what preceded
- dennochin spite of what preceded
- unbenommenin spite of what preceded
- auch wennin spite of what preceded
- nichtsdestotrotzin spite of what preceded
Greek όμως, ωστόσο
- όμως (ómos)in spite of what preceded
- ωστόσο (ostóso)in spite of what preceded
- μολαταύτα (molatáfta)in spite of what preceded
- μολοντούτο (molontoúto)in spite of what preceded
- παρ’ όλα αυτά (par’ óla aftá)in spite of what preceded
- εν τούτοις (en toútois)in spite of what preceded
Hebrew אף על פי כן, למרות זאת
- אף על פי כןin spite of what preceded
- למרות זאתin spite of what preceded
- על כל פנים (al kól panim)in spite of what preceded
Hindi फिर भी, यद्यपि
- फिर भी (phir bhī)in spite of what preceded
- यद्यपि (yadyapi)in spite of what preceded
Hungarian mégis, viszont
- mégisin spite of what preceded
- viszontin spite of what preceded
- azonbanin spite of what preceded
- mindazonáltalin spite of what preceded
- mindamellettin spite of what preceded
- ettől függetlenülin spite of what preceded
Icelandic engu að síður, samt sem áður
- engu að síðurin spite of what preceded
- samt sem áðurin spite of what preceded
- eigi að síðurin spite of what preceded
Irish áfach, mar sin féin
- áfachin spite of what preceded
- mar sin féinin spite of what preceded
Italian però, nonostante
- peròin spite of what preceded
- nonostantein spite of what preceded
- tuttaviain spite of what preceded
- nondimenoin spite of what preceded
- eppurein spite of what preceded
- ciononostantein spite of what preceded
Japanese しかし, が
- しかし (shikashi)in spite of what preceded
- が (ga)in spite of what preceded
- でも (demo)in spite of what preceded
- けれども (keredomo)in spite of what preceded
- けれど (keredo)in spite of what preceded
- けども (kedomo)in spite of what preceded
- けど (kedo)in spite of what preceded
- ただし (tadashi)in spite of what preceded
- それでもin spite of what preceded
- やはり (yahari)in spite of what preceded
- それにもかかわらず (sore ni kakawarazu)in spite of what preceded
- しかも (shikamo)in spite of what preceded
Korean 그러나, 하지만
- 그러나 (geureona)in spite of what preceded
- 하지만 (hajiman)in spite of what preceded
- -(으)나in spite of what preceded
- -지만 (-jiman)in spite of what preceded
- -만 (-man)in spite of what preceded
- 그렇지만 (geureochiman)in spite of what preceded
Latin tamen, utut
- tamenin spite of what preceded
- ututin spite of what preceded
- attamenin spite of what preceded
- nihilominusin spite of what preceded
Malay walau bagaimana
- walau bagaimanain spite of what preceded
Māori he ahakoa, he ahakoa tonu
- he ahakoain spite of what preceded
- he ahakoa tonuin spite of what preceded
- hei aha koain spite of what preceded
- aua atu (rā)in spite of what preceded
- hei aha (koa/noa iho)in spite of what preceded
- me aha koain spite of what preceded
Norwegian Bokmål ikke desto mindre, imidlertid
- ikke desto mindrein spite of what preceded
- imidlertidin spite of what preceded
- menin spite of what preceded
- likevelin spite of what preceded
- allikevelin spite of what preceded
- likefulltin spite of what preceded
Persian اما, با این حال
- اما (ammâ)in spite of what preceded
- با این حالin spite of what preceded
- بااینوجودin spite of what preceded
Polish jednakże, jednak
- jednakżein spite of what preceded
- jednakin spite of what preceded
- niemniej jednakin spite of what preceded
- jednakowożin spite of what preceded
Portuguese no entanto, entretanto
- no entantoin spite of what preceded
- entretantoin spite of what preceded
- não obstantein spite of what preceded
- contudoin spite of what preceded
- apesar dein spite of what preceded
- de qualquer jeitoin spite of what preceded
Romanian totuși, însă
- totușiin spite of what preceded
- însăin spite of what preceded
- cu toate acesteain spite of what preceded
Russian одна́ко, тем не ме́нее
- одна́ко (odnáko)in spite of what preceded
- тем не ме́нее (tem ne méneje)in spite of what preceded
- зато́ (zató)in spite of what preceded
- но (no)in spite of what preceded
- несмотря́ на э́то (nesmotrjá na éto)in spite of what preceded
- всё-таки (vsjo-taki)in spite of what preceded
- но всё же (no vsjo že)in spite of what preceded
- но всё-таки (no vsjo-taki)in spite of what preceded
- но, несмотря на это (no, nesmotrja na eto)in spite of what preceded
- но, как бы то ни было (no, kak by to ni bylo)in spite of what preceded
- вместе с тем (vmeste s tem)in spite of what preceded
Scottish Gaelic ge-tà
- ge-tàin spite of what preceded
Slovak však, jednako
- všakin spite of what preceded
- jednakoin spite of what preceded
- napriek tomuin spite of what preceded
- ničmenejin spite of what preceded
Spanish sin embargo, no obstante
- sin embargoin spite of what preceded
- no obstantein spite of what preceded
- masin spite of what preceded
- emperoin spite of what preceded
- a pesar de elloin spite of what preceded
- pese a elloin spite of what preceded
- con todo eso/estoin spite of what preceded
Swedish däremot, dock
- däremotin spite of what preceded
- dockin spite of what preceded
- emellertidin spite of what preceded
- icke desto mindrein spite of what preceded
- likvälin spite of what preceded
- likafulltin spite of what preceded
- ändåin spite of what preceded
- ändockin spite of what preceded
Tagalog subalit, datapwat
- subalitin spite of what preceded
- datapwatin spite of what preceded
- gayunpamanin spite of what preceded
- ganun pa manin spite of what preceded
- ganoon pa manin spite of what preceded
- gayumpamanin spite of what preceded
Thai อย่างไรก็ตาม
- อย่างไรก็ตาม (yàang rai gôr dtaam)in spite of what preceded
Turkish bununla birlikte, ancak
- bununla birliktein spite of what preceded
- ancakin spite of what preceded
- lakinin spite of what preceded
- fakatin spite of what preceded
- buna rağmenin spite of what preceded
- buna karşınin spite of what preceded
- herşeye rağmenin spite of what preceded
Ukrainian одна́к, проте́
- одна́к (odnák)in spite of what preceded
- проте́ (proté)in spite of what preceded
- а втім (a vtim)in spite of what preceded
- все-таки (vse-taky)in spite of what preceded
- все ж таки (vse ž taky)in spite of what preceded
Urdu پھر بھی, تاہم
- پھر بھی (phir bhī)in spite of what preceded
- تاہم (tāham)in spite of what preceded
Vietnamese tuy nhiên, tuy vậy
- tuy nhiênin spite of what preceded
- tuy vậyin spite of what preceded
- tuy thếin spite of what preceded
Welsh serch hynny
- serch hynnyin spite of what preceded
Yiddish פֿונדעסטוועגן
- פֿונדעסטוועגן (fundestvegn)in spite of what preceded
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nevertheless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nevertheless
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“nevertheless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nevertheless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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