Meanings
phrasewhat now?
- A request for advice or instruction on what should be done.
Synonyms: now what
- A request, usually rhetorical, to know what, in a series of negative events, is the next negative event occurring.
Synonyms: now what
- Synonym of what do you want? (said out of irritation)
Synonyms: what do you want?
- Synonym of how's that.
Synonyms: how's that
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseA request for advice or instruction on what should be done.
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phraseA request, usually rhetorical, to know what, in a series of negative events, is the next negative event occurring.
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phraseSynonym of what do you want? (said out of irritation)
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what do you want?
phraseSynonym of how's that.
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Translations
Finnish mitä nyt?
- mitä nyt?what do you want?
French qu'est-ce qu'il y a encore, quoi encore
- qu'est-ce qu'il y a encorewhat do you want?
- quoi encorewhat do you want?
Portuguese o que foi agora?
- o que foi agora?what do you want?
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APA
what now. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/what%20now
MLA
“what now.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/what%20now. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “what now,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/what%20now.
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