Meanings
adverbwhy not (not comparable)
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbWhy is that so? (for a negative statement)
Similar
why?how come?
Also see
Translations
Arabic لِمَ لَا
- لِمَ لَا (lima lā)state one has no objection
Bulgarian защо пък не
- защо пък не (zašto păk ne)state one has no objection
Chinese Mandarin 何不, 為什麼不呢 /为什么不呢
- 何不 (hébù)why is that not true
- 為什麼不呢 /为什么不呢 (wèishéme bù ne)why is that not true
- 為什麼 /为什么 (wèishénme)why is that not true
- 好的 (hǎo de)state one has no objection
- 要不 (yàobù)introduce a proposal
Danish hvorfor ikke, hvorfor ikke
- hvorfor ikkewhy is that not true
- hvorfor ikkestate one has no objection
- hvorfor ikkeintroduce a proposal
Esperanto kial ne, kial ne
- kial newhy is that not true
- kial nestate one has no objection
Finnish miksi ei, miksei
- miksi eiwhy is that not true
- mikseiwhy is that not true
- miksipä eistate one has no objection
- mikä etteistate one has no objection
- mikä jotteistate one has no objection
- mikäpäs siinästate one has no objection
- voisstate one has no objection
- miksi eiintroduce a proposal
French pourquoi pas, pourquoi pas
- pourquoi paswhy is that not true
- pourquoi passtate one has no objection
- pourquoi ne pasintroduce a proposal
German warum nicht, warum nicht
- warum nichtwhy is that not true
- warum nichtstate one has no objection
- wieso nichtstate one has no objection
Hebrew לָמָּה לֹא
- לָמָּה לֹא (láma ló)state one has no objection
Hungarian miért ne
- miért nestate one has no objection
Icelandic af hverju ekki, hví ekki
- af hverju ekkiwhy is that not true
- hví ekkiwhy is that not true
- af hverju ekkistate one has no objection
- hví ekkistate one has no objection
- af hverju ekkiintroduce a proposal
Indonesian kenapa tidak, tentu saja
- kenapa tidakwhy is that not true
- tentu sajastate one has no objection
- bagaimana kalauintroduce a proposal
Italian perché no, perché no
- perché nowhy is that not true
- perché nostate one has no objection
Japanese 当たり前でしょ, もちろん
- 当たり前でしょ (atarimaedesho)why is that not true
- もちろん (mochiron)state one has no objection
Latin cūr nōn, quidnī
- cūr nōnwhy is that not true
- quidnīwhy is that not true
- quid nistate one has no objection
- quid niintroduce a proposal
Norwegian Bokmål hvorfor ikke, hvorfor ikke
- hvorfor ikkestate one has no objection
- hvorfor ikkeintroduce a proposal
Persian چرا, چرا که نه؟
- چرا (čerâ)why is that not true
- چرا که نه؟ (čerâ ke na?)state one has no objection
Polish czemu nie, czemu nie
- czemu niestate one has no objection
- czemu nieintroduce a proposal
- dlaczego nieintroduce a proposal
- może byintroduce a proposal
Portuguese por que não, por que não
- por que nãowhy is that not true
- por que nãostate one has no objection
- por que nãointroduce a proposal
Russian а почему́, а что́ так
- а почему́ (a počemú)why is that not true
- а что́ так (a štó tak)why is that not true
- почему́ бы и нет (počemú by i net)state one has no objection
- почему́ бы не (počemú by ne)introduce a proposal
Spanish por qué no, por qué no
- por qué nowhy is that not true
- por qué nostate one has no objection
- por qué nointroduce a proposal
Swedish varför inte, varför inte
- varför intewhy is that not true
- varför intestate one has no objection
- varför inteintroduce a proposal
Tagalog bakit hindi, bakit hindi
- bakit hindiwhy is that not true
- bakit hindistate one has no objection
- bakit hindiintroduce a proposal
Thai ทำไมไม่
- ทำไมไม่why is that not true
Turkish neden olmasın
- neden olmasınstate one has no objection
Ukrainian чому́ б і ні́
- чому́ б і ні́ (čomú b i ní)state one has no objection
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APA
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MLA
“why not.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/why%20not. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “why not,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/why%20not.
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