Despite

Synonyms for "despite" (145 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Noun(1 words)
contempt

Strong matches (44)

Noun(1 words)
disdain
Preposition(1 words)
for all

Related words (72)

Noun(1 words)
scorn

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

3 entries

derived

2 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

12 entries

Translations

112 translations across 56 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • megjithëse prep (in spite of)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κατά prep (in spite of)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بِالرَّغْمِ مِن prep (in spite of)
  • رَغْمَ prep (in spite of)
  • مَعَ prep (in spite of)
  • واخا prep (in spite of)

Armenian

1 entries
  • չնայած prep (in spite of)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • baxmayaraq prep (in spite of)
  • ilə belə prep (in spite of)
  • rəğmən prep (in spite of)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ҡарамаҫтан prep (in spite of)

Basque

1 entries
  • gora-behera ere prep (in spite of)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • насу́перак prep (in spite of)
  • нягле́дзячы на prep (in spite of)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • въ́преки prep (in spite of)

Catalan

4 entries
  • encara que prep (in spite of)
  • malgrat prep (in spite of)
  • tot i prep (in spite of)
  • tot i que prep (in spite of)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 不管 prep (in spite of)
  • 不顧 /不顾 prep (in spite of)
  • 任憑 /任凭 prep (in spite of)
  • 儘管 /尽管 prep (in spite of)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • въпрѣкꙑ prep (in spite of)

Czech

3 entries
  • navzdory prep (in spite of)
  • přes prep (in spite of)
  • vzdor prep (in spite of)

Danish

2 entries
  • på trods af prep (in spite of)
  • trods prep (in spite of)

Dutch

1 entries
  • ondanks prep (in spite of)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • malgraŭ prep (in spite of)
  • spite prep (in spite of)
  • spite al prep (in spite of)
  • spite, ke prep (in spite of)

Estonian

2 entries
  • hoolimata prep (in spite of)
  • vaatamata prep (in spite of)

Finnish

1 entries
  • huolimatta prep (in spite of)

French

2 entries
  • en dépit de prep (in spite of)
  • malgré prep (in spite of)

Galician

1 entries
  • malia prep (in spite of)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მიუხედავად prep (in spite of)

German

1 entries
  • trotz prep (in spite of)

Greek

1 entries
  • παρά prep (in spite of)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • לַמְרוֹת prep (in spite of)

Hindi

1 entries
  • के बावजूद prep (in spite of)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • annak ellenére, hogy… prep (in spite of)
  • dacára prep (in spite of)
  • dacára, hogy… prep (in spite of)
  • ellenére prep (in spite of)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • þrátt fyrir prep (in spite of)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • malgrado prep (in spite of)

Irish

3 entries
  • ainneoin prep (in spite of)
  • d'ainneoin prep (in spite of)
  • in ainneoin prep (in spite of)

Italian

3 entries
  • malgrado prep (in spite of)
  • nonostante prep (in spite of)
  • sebbene prep (in spite of)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ...にも関わらず prep (in spite of)

Korean

1 entries
  • 에도 불구하고 prep (in spite of)

Latin

1 entries
  • quamquam prep (in spite of)

Latvian

1 entries
  • par spīti prep (in spite of)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • nepaisant prep (in spite of)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • и покрај prep (in spite of)

Malay

1 entries
  • walaupun prep (in spite of)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • til tross for prep (in spite of)

Persian

3 entries
  • باوجود prep (in spite of)
  • بهرغم prep (in spite of)
  • علیرغم prep (in spite of)

Polish

4 entries
  • mimo prep (in spite of)
  • na przekór prep (in spite of)
  • pomimo prep (in spite of)
  • wbrew prep (in spite of)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • a despeito de prep (in spite of)
  • apesar de prep (in spite of)
  • não obstante prep (in spite of)

Romanian

2 entries
  • cu toate că prep (in spite of)
  • în ciuda prep (in spite of)

Russian

4 entries
  • вопреки́ prep (in spite of)
  • напереко́р prep (in spite of)
  • невзира́я на prep (in spite of)
  • несмотря́ на prep (in spite of)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • a dh'aindeoin prep (in spite of)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • unátoč prep (in spite of)
  • ȕprkos prep (in spite of)
  • ȕsprkos prep (in spite of)
  • у̏пркос prep (in spite of)

Slovak

3 entries
  • napriek prep (in spite of)
  • navzdor prep (in spite of)
  • proti prep (in spite of)

Slovene

1 entries
  • kljub prep (in spite of)

Spanish

4 entries
  • a pesar de prep (in spite of)
  • maguer prep (in spite of)
  • no obstante prep (in spite of)
  • pese a prep (in spite of)

Swahili

1 entries
  • licha ya prep (in spite of)

Swedish

1 entries
  • trots prep (in spite of)

Tajik

1 entries
  • бо вуҷуди prep (in spite of)

Turkish

2 entries
  • karşın prep (in spite of)
  • rağmen prep (in spite of)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • всу́переч prep (in spite of)
  • незважа́ючи на prep (in spite of)
  • по́при prep (in spite of)

Urdu

2 entries
  • باوُجُود prep (in spite of)
  • کے باوُجُود prep (in spite of)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • bất chấp prep (in spite of)
  • không kể prep (in spite of)
  • mặc dù prep (in spite of)

Walloon

1 entries
  • mågré prep (in spite of)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

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Despite the importance of sleep, its purpose is a mystery.

Source: tatoeba (1749)

Despite Trang's constant affirmations of love, Spenser is still afraid someday she will fall out of love with him.

Source: tatoeba (1908)

He was still mad about the accident despite his wife's conciliatory words.

Source: tatoeba (2016)

Despite adversity, the ingenious man achieved worldwide fame.

Source: tatoeba (19888)

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