Whatever
WordNet
adjective
(1) 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"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Unexceptional or unimportant; blah.
- 1996, "Mathias", Lake Placid Comments (discussion on Internet newsgroup rec.music.phish)
- All in all, I guess I shouldn 't be complaining, but the rest of the show, imho, was very whatever-ish.
- 2007, Avril Lavigne, "Girlfriend", The Best Damn Thing,
- She's like so whatever / You can do so much better
- 1996, "Mathias", Lake Placid Comments (discussion on Internet newsgroup rec.music.phish)
Determiner
- No matter which; for any
- Whatever choice you make, there will be consequences.
- Anything that.
- Whatever you say is fine with me.
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.
Usage notes
- Tone of voice is particularly important here in playing up or playing down the dismissive quality of the word.
Pronoun
- Anything; used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.
- I'll do whatever I can.
- Do you want Chinese or Mexican for lunch today? — Whatever.
Related terms
- however
- howsoever
- whatsoever
- whenever
- whensoever
- wherever
- wheresoever
- whichever
- whoever
- whomever
- whomsoever
- whosoever
- wherever
- whyever
- whysoever
- no matter what