Meanings
- impoliteinformalrhetoricUsed to indicate indifference, often as a reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement.
I lost my red shoes. – So what? Get a new pair.
2 more examples
So what if you never win at anything. You can have a great time enjoying, at your own level, the physical activity, the movement, the sensual feeling of the cold, the water, the air, the sun.
1977 February 12, John Atteridg, “Who's A Good Sport Anyhow?”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 33, page 10I also did a long-wear test, as y'do and after scoffing my face with some food (read: I am feral when it comes to a midday snack, so what), the striking colour that I was wearing, named 'Jet', had stayed put. Pigment, check ✅.
2023 May 12, Lia Mappoura, “I tried Glossier's brand new G Suit lip crèmes so you don't have to – you're welcome”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2023Synonyms: big deal, meh, whatever, who cares, whoopee do, what of it
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionUsed to indicate indifference, often as a reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement.
Translations
Arabic ثُمَّ ماذَا
- ثُمَّ ماذَا (ṯumma māḏā)reply of indifference
Bulgarian е, и́?, и́?
- е, и́? (e, í?)reply of indifference
- и́? (í?)reply of indifference
Chinese Cantonese 噉又點呀 /噉又点呀
- 噉又點呀 /噉又点呀 (gam² jau⁶ dim² aa³)reply of indifference
Chinese Mandarin 那又怎麼樣 /那又怎么样, 所以呢
- 那又怎麼樣 /那又怎么样 (nà yòu zěnmeyàng)reply of indifference
- 所以呢 (suǒyǐ ne)reply of indifference
Czech no a co
- no a coreply of indifference
Danish og hvad så?, hvad rager det mig?
- og hvad så?reply of indifference
- hvad rager det mig?reply of indifference
- det rager migreply of indifference
Dutch nou en?, lekker belangrijk
- nou en?reply of indifference
- lekker belangrijkreply of indifference
- boeiendreply of indifference
- wat dan nogreply of indifference
Estonian mis siis?, ja siis?
- mis siis?reply of indifference
- ja siis?reply of indifference
Finnish entä sitten, mitä sitten
- entä sittenreply of indifference
- mitä sittenreply of indifference
- ketä kiinnostaareply of indifference
- hällä väliäreply of indifference
- väliäkö silläreply of indifference
- mitä väliäreply of indifference
- mitä väliireply of indifference
French et alors
- et alorsreply of indifference
German na und?, ja und?
- na und?reply of indifference
- ja und?reply of indifference
Greek και λοιπόν;, ε και;
- και λοιπόν; (kai loipón;)reply of indifference
- ε και; (e kai;)reply of indifference
Hebrew אז מה?
- אז מה? (áz má)reply of indifference
Hindi तो क्या
- तो क्या (to kyā)reply of indifference
Hungarian na és?, és akkor?
- na és?reply of indifference
- és akkor?reply of indifference
- és aztán?reply of indifference
- na és aztán?reply of indifference
- hát aztán?reply of indifference
- és akkor mi van?reply of indifference
- kit érdekel?reply of indifference
- ki nem szarja le?reply of indifference
Icelandic hvað með það?, só?
- hvað með það?reply of indifference
- só?reply of indifference
Indonesian terus apa, lalu apa
- terus apareply of indifference
- lalu apareply of indifference
- terusreply of indifference
- lalureply of indifference
Irish nach cuma?
- nach cuma?reply of indifference
Italian e allora?, e quindi?
- e allora?reply of indifference
- e quindi?reply of indifference
- e sticazzi?reply of indifference
Japanese だから, だから何ですか
- だから (da kara)reply of indifference
- だから何ですか (da kara nan desu ka)reply of indifference
- だから何 (da kara nani)reply of indifference
- だから何だ (da kara nan da)reply of indifference
- で？ (de)reply of indifference
Lithuanian na ir kas
- na ir kasreply of indifference
Norwegian hva så?
- hva så?reply of indifference
Polish co z tego?, no i co?
- co z tego?reply of indifference
- no i co?reply of indifference
- no to co?reply of indifference
Portuguese e daí?, e?
- e daí?reply of indifference
- e?reply of indifference
Romanian și ce?
- și ce?reply of indifference
Russian ну и что?, ну и́?
- ну и что? (nu i što?)reply of indifference
- ну и́? (nu í?)reply of indifference
- ну и что из того́? (nu i što iz tovó?)reply of indifference
- ху́ли (xúli)reply of indifference
Scottish Gaelic dè an diofar?
- dè an diofar?reply of indifference
Slovak no a čo?
- no a čo?reply of indifference
Spanish (y) a mí qué, y qué
- (y) a mí quéreply of indifference
- y quéreply of indifference
- yreply of indifference
- y qué más dareply of indifference
- entonces quéreply of indifference
- totalreply of indifference
Swedish än sen då, än sen
- än sen dåreply of indifference
- än senreply of indifference
- ochreply of indifference
Tagalog ano ngayon, ano naman
- ano ngayonreply of indifference
- ano namanreply of indifference
Thai แล้วไง, ใครสน
- แล้วไง (lɛ́ɛo-ngai)reply of indifference
- ใครสน (krai-sǒn)reply of indifference
Turkish ne olmuş?, n'olmuş?
- ne olmuş?reply of indifference
- n'olmuş?reply of indifference
- ee?reply of indifference
Vietnamese thì sao
- thì saoreply of indifference
Cite this entry
so what. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/so%20what
“so what.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/so%20what. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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