However

//haʊˈɛvə//

Synonyms for "however" (109 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (22)

Adverb(1 words)
all the same

Strong matches (33)

Adverb(2 words)
at the same timeeven so

Related words (54)

Prep_phrase(1 words)
on the other hand
Conjunction(1 words)
thougheverbeit

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Synonyms

13 entries

capable of

1 entries

coordinate

2 entries

derived

1 entries

has context

3 entries

related to

16 entries

Translations

172 translations across 66 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • megjithatë adv (nevertheless)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μέντοι adv (nevertheless)

Arabic

4 entries
  • رَغْمَ ذٰلِك adv (nevertheless)
  • لٰكِن adv (nevertheless)
  • لٰكِنَّ adv (nevertheless)
  • وخى هد شي adv (nevertheless)

Armenian

1 entries
  • սակայն adv (nevertheless)

Asturian

1 entries
  • sin embargu adv (nevertheless)

Basque

1 entries
  • haatik adv (nevertheless)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • адна́к adv (nevertheless)
  • тым не ме́нш adv (nevertheless)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • все пак adv (to whatever extent or degree)
  • оба́че adv (nevertheless)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဒါပေမဲ့ adv (nevertheless)

Catalan

2 entries
  • nogensmenys adv (nevertheless)
  • tanmateix adv (nevertheless)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 不過 /不过 adv (nevertheless)
  • 但是 adv (nevertheless)
  • 卻 /却 adv (nevertheless)
  • 可是 adv (nevertheless)

Czech

2 entries
  • nicméně adv (nevertheless)
  • však adv (nevertheless)

Danish

1 entries
  • dog adv (nevertheless)

Dutch

3 entries
  • daarentegen adv (nevertheless)
  • echter adv (nevertheless)
  • evenwel adv (nevertheless)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • kiom ajn adv (to whatever extent or degree)
  • kontraŭe adv (nevertheless)
  • tamen adv (nevertheless)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kuinka tahansa adv (to whatever extent or degree)
  • kuitenkin adv (nevertheless)
  • miten tahansa adv (to whatever extent or degree)

French

4 entries
  • cependant adv (nevertheless)
  • nonobstant adv (nevertheless)
  • néanmoins adv (nevertheless)
  • peu importe adv (to whatever extent or degree)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მიუხედავად ამისა adv (nevertheless)

German

3 entries
  • allerdings adv (nevertheless)
  • egal wie adv (to whatever extent or degree)
  • jedoch adv (nevertheless)

Greek

1 entries
  • όμως adv (nevertheless)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אף על פי כן adv (nevertheless)
  • למרות זאת adv (nevertheless)

Hindi

2 entries
  • फिर भी adv (nevertheless)
  • यद्यपि adv (nevertheless)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • akármennyire adv (to whatever extent or degree)
  • akármilyen adv (to whatever extent or degree)
  • azonban adv (nevertheless)
  • bármennyire adv (to whatever extent or degree)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • ngem adv (nevertheless)

Irish

2 entries
  • dá adv (to whatever extent or degree)
  • áfach adv (nevertheless)

Italian

3 entries
  • nonostante adv (nevertheless)
  • però adv (nevertheless)
  • tuttavia adv (nevertheless)

Japanese

4 entries
  • が adv (nevertheless)
  • けど adv (nevertheless)
  • けども adv (nevertheless)
  • けれど adv (nevertheless)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • oneng adv (nevertheless)
  • onyang adv (nevertheless)

Korean

4 entries
  • (으)나 adv (nevertheless)
  • 그러나 adv (nevertheless)
  • 만 adv (nevertheless)
  • 지만 adv (nevertheless)

Latin

2 entries
  • tamen adv (nevertheless)
  • utut adv (nevertheless)

Lingala

1 entries
  • ndé adv (nevertheless)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • pak adv (nevertheless)

Lushootseed

1 entries
  • ʔiwəɬ adv (nevertheless)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • awer adv (nevertheless)
  • awer adv (nevertheless)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • меѓутоа adv (nevertheless)
  • сепак adv (to whatever extent or degree)

Malay

1 entries
  • walau bagaimana adv (nevertheless)

Maltese

1 entries
  • madankollu adv (nevertheless)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • dîsa jî adv (nevertheless)
  • her wiha adv (nevertheless)
  • lê adv (nevertheless)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • ikke desto mindre adv (nevertheless)
  • imidlertid adv (nevertheless)
  • men adv (nevertheless)
  • uansett hvor adv (to whatever extent or degree)

Occitan

1 entries
  • pasmens adv (nevertheless)

Old French

1 entries
  • nepourquant adv (nevertheless)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • immurgu adv (nevertheless)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • заш лєм adv (nevertheless)
  • медзитим adv (nevertheless)

Persian

2 entries
  • اما adv (nevertheless)
  • با این حال adv (nevertheless)

Polish

2 entries
  • jednak adv (nevertheless)
  • jednakże adv (nevertheless)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • entretanto adv (nevertheless)
  • no entanto adv (nevertheless)

Romanian

2 entries
  • totuși adv (nevertheless)
  • însă adv (nevertheless)

Russian

2 entries
  • одна́ко adv (nevertheless)
  • тем не ме́нее adv (nevertheless)

Scots

1 entries
  • houaniver adv (nevertheless)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ge-tà adv (nevertheless)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • međutim adv (nevertheless)
  • међутим adv (nevertheless)

Slovak

1 entries
  • však adv (nevertheless)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vendar adv (nevertheless)

Spanish

4 entries
  • así como así adv (to whatever extent or degree)
  • así que asado adv (in any way that one likes or chooses)
  • así que asá adv (in any way that one likes or chooses)
  • aunque más adv (no matter how)

Swedish

3 entries
  • dock adv (nevertheless)
  • däremot adv (nevertheless)
  • emellertid adv (nevertheless)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • subalit adv (nevertheless)

Thai

1 entries
  • อย่างไรก็ตาม adv (nevertheless)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ancak adv (nevertheless)
  • bununla birlikte adv (nevertheless)
  • fakat adv (nevertheless)
  • lakin adv (nevertheless)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • одна́к adv (nevertheless)
  • проте́ adv (nevertheless)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • biroq adv (nevertheless)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • tuy nhiên adv (nevertheless)

Votic

1 entries
  • sorovnoo adv (nevertheless)

Walloon

3 entries
  • mins nerén adv (nevertheless)
  • mågré tot adv (nevertheless)
  • portant adv (nevertheless)

Welsh

2 entries
  • er mor adv (to whatever extent or degree)
  • pa mor adv (to whatever extent or degree)

West Flemish

1 entries
  • pertank adv (nevertheless)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • labelê (diq) adv (nevertheless)

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

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You may act however you wish.

Source: tatoeba (17189)

However fast you may walk, you can't catch up with him.

Source: tatoeba (17972)

Air travel is fast; sea travel is, however, restful.

Source: tatoeba (18297)

However, it is good if one can speak English well.

Source: tatoeba (26392)

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