Meanings
- conjunctivenot comparableNevertheless.
That's proof to Freire that the party has room for moderate Republicans who are nonetheless loyal Republicans.
2009 April 29, Marc Ambinder, “Dems and GOPers Treat Their Mods Differently”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 10 May 2021, retrieved 25 Mar 20242 more examples
And "Juno" is the kind of movie all indie comedies wish they could be: light and lovable, perhaps a bit too pleased with the cleverness of its dialogue, but a small charmer nonetheless.
2007 December 3, Christy Lemire, “Review: "Juno" A Small Comic Charmer”, in CBS NewsNonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adverbdespite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
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Origin
- Old Englishnān þȳ lǣs
- Middle Englishnatheles
- Englishnonetheless
A modification of natheless after none, from Middle English natheles, from Old English nān þȳ lǣs, nā þē lǣs, nā þȳ lǣs. Univerbation of none + the + less.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali অথচ
- অথচ (othoc)nevertheless
Bulgarian въпреки това
- въпреки това (văpreki tova)nevertheless
Catalan nogensmenys, no obstant
- nogensmenysnevertheless
- no obstantnevertheless
Chinese Mandarin 還是 /还是, 然而
- 還是 /还是 (háishi)nevertheless
- 然而 (rán'ér)nevertheless
- 仍然 (réngrán)nevertheless
Czech nicméně
- nicméněnevertheless
Danish alligevel
- alligevelnevertheless
Dutch niettemin
- nietteminnevertheless
Finnish silti, kuitenkin
- siltinevertheless
- kuitenkinnevertheless
French néanmoins
- néanmoinsnevertheless
German nichtsdestoweniger, nichtsdestotrotz
- nichtsdestowenigernevertheless
- nichtsdestotrotznevertheless
Hungarian azonban, ugyanakkor
- azonbannevertheless
- ugyanakkornevertheless
- mindazonáltalnevertheless
Italian nondimeno, malgrado ciò
- nondimenonevertheless
- malgrado ciònevertheless
- ciononostantenevertheless
Japanese にもかかわらず
- にもかかわらず (nimo kakawarazu)nevertheless
Korean 그럼에도 불구하고, 그렇지만
- 그럼에도 불구하고 (geureomedo bulguhago)nevertheless
- 그렇지만 (geureochiman)nevertheless
Latin tamen, nihilōminus
- tamennevertheless
- nihilōminusnevertheless
Norwegian Bokmål likevel, allikevel
- likevelnevertheless
- allikevelnevertheless
- like fulltnevertheless
- ikke desto mindrenevertheless
Polish niemniej jednak, jednakże
- niemniej jednaknevertheless
- jednakżenevertheless
- jednakowożnevertheless
Portuguese ainda assim
- ainda assimnevertheless
Russian тем не ме́нее
- тем не ме́нее (tem ne méneje)nevertheless
Spanish no obstante, sin embargo
- no obstantenevertheless
- sin embargonevertheless
Swedish icke desto mindre, hur som helst
- icke desto mindrenevertheless
- hur som helstnevertheless
Ukrainian тим не менш, все-таки́
- тим не менш (tym ne menš)nevertheless
- все-таки́ (vse-taký)nevertheless
- одна́к (odnák)nevertheless
- про́те (próte)nevertheless
- зате (zaté)nevertheless
Cite this entry
nonetheless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonetheless
“nonetheless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonetheless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonetheless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonetheless.
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