whatever, any(a), whatsoever
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
whatever
No matter what; for any
(relative) Anything that.
whatever
No matter what; for any
(relative) Anything; sometimes used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.
whatever
(colloquial, dismissive) A holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the matter worthy of further discussion.
• Tone of voice is particularly important here in playing up or playing down the dismissive quality of the word.
• so what
• whoopee do
• meh
• whatev
whatever (comparative more whatever, superlative most whatever)
(colloquial) Unexceptional or unimportant; blah.
(dated, postpositive) At all, absolutely, whatsoever.
• everwhat
Source: Wiktionary
What*ev"er, pron.
Definition: Anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being this or that; of one nature or another; one thing or another; anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all particulars that;
– used both substantively and adjectively. Whatever fortune stays from his word. Shak. Whatever Earth, all-bearing mother, yields. Milton. Whatever be its intrinsic value. J. H. Newman.
Note: Whatever often follows a noun, being used elliptically. "There being no room for any physical discovery whatever" [sc. it may be]. Whately.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
