Thesaurus: whatever

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1. pron. 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.
2. adj. one or some or every or all without specification; entity, elective existential pronoun; quantifier, elective existential
3. word/anything">Anything word/soever">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.
4. word/anything">Anything word/soever">soever which; the thing or things of any kind; beingthis 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.
5. d:100 s one or some or every or all without specification