Word Net
whatever adj : one or some or every or all without specification; "give me any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left"; "any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you don't want"; "no milk whatsoever is left" [syn: any(a), whatsoever]English
Determiner
- No matter which; for any'
- Whatever choice you make, there will be consequences.
- In the context of "relative": Anything that.
- Whatever you say is fine with me.
Translations
no matter which; for any
- Danish: uanset
- Dutch: welke ... ook
- French: quel que soit, n'importe quel , n'importe quelle
- Kurdish:
- Russian: какой бы ни; любой; какой бы то ни было; любой
- Swedish: vad som helst
anything
Interjection
- A holophrastic
expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does
not consider the matter worthy of further discussion.
- Parent: For the last time, clean up your room!
- Child: Whatever.
- Parent: For the last time, clean up your room!
- Anything; used to indicate that the speaker does not care which
of several options should be chosen.
- Co-worker: Do you want Chinese or Mexican for lunch today?
- Other co-worker: Whatever.
- Co-worker: Do you want Chinese or Mexican for lunch today?
Usage notes
- Tone of voice is particularly important here in playing up or playing down the dismissive quality of the word.
Synonyms
Translations
indicating the matter is not worthy of further
discussion
- German: wie dem auch sei
- Slovene: karkoli
anything
- Danish: hvad som helst, (det er) ligegyldigt
- French: n'importe quoi (1), peu importe (2)
- German: egal
- Slovene: karkoli
- Spanish: no importa, da igual
- Swedish: vad som helst
Related terms
Whatever may refer to:
- Whatever (slang), an expression of agreement, indifference, or begrudging compliance
In music:
- Whatever (album), an album by Aimee Mann
- Whatever (Green Velvet album)
- "Whatever" (En Vogue song)
- "Whatever" (Oasis song)
- "Whatever" (Godsmack song)
- "Whatever" (Ayumi Hamasaki song)
- "Whatever", a song by Gnarls Barkley from The Odd Couple
- "Whatever", a song by Hüsker Dü from Zen Arcade
- "Whatever", a song by Our Lady Peace, a non-album track recorded for Gravity
In other uses:
- Whatever (novel), the English title of Extension du domaine de la lutte by Michel Houellebecq, and the film adapted from it
- Whatever (soft drink), a Singaporean soft drink sold alongside Anything, another soft drink
- Whatever (1998 film), a 1998 film starring Liza Weil
- Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer, an American satellite-radio talk show
- Whatever, a comedy album attributed to the fictional character Guido Hatzis
See also
- Two Whatevers, a reference to the core statement in a 1977 editorial in the Chinese People's Daily
- "United States of Whatever", a song by Liam Lynch
whatever in Norwegian:
Whatever