Meanings
alternative what's more
- idiomaticnot comparableUsed to introduce a statement which builds on the preceding statement, but expresses a stronger sentiment.
I've done it wrong, and what's more, I don't care.
1 more example
I'm the lappet-faced vulture. I'm ugly and bald. No wonder that everyone looks so appalled. I have flaps on my face that are wrinkled and pink, My beak is gigantic and, what's more, I stink.
2018, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, The Ugly Five, London: Alison Green Books, published 2017, →ISBNSynonyms: furthermore, moreover, in addition, more to the point
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbUsed to introduce a statement which builds on the preceding statement, but expresses a stronger sentiment.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbdenoting additional information
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic عِلَاوَة عَلَى ذٰلِكَ
- عِلَاوَة عَلَى ذٰلِكَ (ʕilāwa ʕalā ḏālika)furthermore
Catalan a més a més
- a més a mésfurthermore
Chinese Cantonese 更何況 /更何况
- 更何況 /更何况 (gang³ ho⁴ fong³)furthermore
Chinese Mandarin 並且 /并且, 而且
- 並且 /并且 (bìngqiě)furthermore
- 而且 (érqiě)furthermore
- 還有 /还有 (háiyǒu)furthermore
- 況且 /况且 (kuàngqiě)furthermore
Finnish kaiken lisäksi, lisäksi
- kaiken lisäksifurthermore
- lisäksifurthermore
French de plus, en plus en outre
- de plusfurthermore
- en plus en outrefurthermore
- de surcroîtfurthermore
- par ailleursfurthermore
- d'un autre côtéfurthermore
- d'autre partfurthermore
- au restefurthermore
- du restefurthermore
- qui plus estfurthermore
German außerdem
- außerdemfurthermore
Icelandic meira að segja
- meira að segjafurthermore
Japanese その上に, さらに
- その上に (sono ue ni)furthermore
- さらに (sara ni)furthermore
Māori me te aha anō
- me te aha anōfurthermore
Polish co więcej, w dodatku
- co więcejfurthermore
- w dodatkufurthermore
- ponadtofurthermore
Portuguese aliás
- aliásfurthermore
Russian к тому́ же, кро́ме того́
- к тому́ же (k tomú že)furthermore
- кро́ме того́ (króme tovó)furthermore
- бо́лее того́ (bóleje tovó)furthermore
Spanish es más, además
- es másfurthermore
- ademásfurthermore
- lo que es másfurthermore
Cite this entry
what is more. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/what%20is%20more
“what is more.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/what%20is%20more. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “what is more,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/what%20is%20more.
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