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nonetheless

nonetheless

264 4.2
Shows that something happens despite what was just said
  • adverb
  • /ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs/
translation icon : sin embargo
  • The weather was bad, but we decided to go hiking nonetheless.

And with that said, it could nonetheless be faster.

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Examples

  • We may not love our choices, but nonetheless, we do have choices.

  • A lot about Churchill is forgotten, nonetheless, except by professional historians.

    Academic text (2011)
  • And with that said, it could nonetheless be faster.

  • But nonetheless, you are doing what is necessary in the moment.

  • In simpler words, my dream is nothing new, but it is a good story nonetheless.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • An unequal part, of course, but an important part, nonetheless.

  • Nonetheless, Nike has long been in search of its basketball star.

  • Though this is but a secret journal, it nonetheless poses all of the novelist's problems.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • An experiment gone awry, but nonetheless, a potentially profitable one on the open market.

  • Small effect, not replicated yet, but nonetheless, that's kind of interesting.

Synonyms

though
vsnonetheless
1.0

It comes at the end of a sentence to mean however

is used to show contrast but is not limited to sentence ends
however
vsnonetheless
  • Formal
2.6

Shows a contrast with what was said before

is similar but functions as a general contrast marker without contradiction
still
vsnonetheless
1.0

Shows that something is true despite what was said before

is used to show contrast without stressing ongoingness
yet
vsnonetheless
899 1.0

In spite of that

is used to show contrast without indicating sequence or timing
regardless
vsnonetheless
660 3.1

Despite something that might stop you

is used to show contrast to the preceding idea rather than general circumstances
nevertheless
vsnonetheless
  • Formal
379 4.1

In spite of that, something still happens

is the same meaning but uses a different word form
at the same time
vsnonetheless
233 3.4

Shows a contrast with what was just said

is used to indicate contrast but in a single shorter word
even so
vsnonetheless
149 3.5

Shows that something happens or is true despite what was said

is used to show contrast but with less concession implied
all the same
vsnonetheless
98 3.3

To say something is true despite what was just said

is used to express the same idea but more compactly
notwithstanding
vsnonetheless
  • Formal
13 6.2

Used to show something is true despite what was said before

is used to show contrast without explicitly referring back
withal
vsnonetheless
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Still, despite what came before

is used to mark contrast in more common contemporary forms
howbeit
vsnonetheless
  • Archaic
9.9

Adds a fact that is different from what came before

is used to show contrast in everyday modern speech

Surface Forms

nonetheless positive

Morphology

nonetheless = none + less (semi-transparent) = none + less

The expression is historically compositional as 'none the less' ('not less'), but its modern discourse-adverb use is somewhat lexicalized.

Etymology

The word nonetheless comes from the old phrase none the less, which literally means 'not less'. So it means 'in spite of that' and is used like 'even though' when something happens despite a reason it might not.