Standard Lemma guide

irregardless

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɪɹɪˈɡɑːdlɪs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-ləs/
  • General-American: /ˌɪɹɪˈɡɑɹdlɪs/
  • General-American: /ˌɪɹəˈɡɑɹdləs/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 R AH0 G AA1 D L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Irrespective, regardless.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous, nonstandard, not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Probably a blend of irrespective + regardless. The word may also be analysed as ir- + regardless, as it is possible that the prefix ir- was added to amplify the negative in regardless just as plain negatives often did at the time the word came into use (and still do in dialects).