adj
Meaning 1
Paying no attention to; ignoring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
regardless
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈɡɑːd.lɪs/
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CMU ARPABET: R AH0 G AA1 R D L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Taking insufficient regard of; heedless; careless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: careless, cursory, derelict, heedless, irregardless, irrespective, lash, lax, neglectful, negligent, reckless, regardless, remiss, slack, slapdash, sloppy, slovenly, slipshod, unfaithful
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
Without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Tatiana knew the meat had passed its expiry date, but she ate it regardless.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anyway
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 4
Anyway; irrespective of what has just been said.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The proposal may become law, or it may not. Regardless, we will adopt it as a club rule.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: irregardless, irrespective, anyhow, anyway, at any rate, come what may, in any case
Antonyms: none provided
prep
Meaning 5
Synonym of regardless of; paying no attention to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: proscribed
Examples
- Tatiana ate the cauliflower regardless its colour.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: regardless of
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
(usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- careless of the consequences
- crushing the blooms with regardless tread
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: careless(p)
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 7
in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he carried on regardless of the difficulties
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: irrespective, disregardless, no matter, disregarding
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English regard Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English regardless From regard + -less.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: невнимателен (nevnimatelen) — having no regard
- Bulgarian: небрежен (nebrežen) — having no regard
- Czech: nedbající — having no regard
- Dutch: ongeacht — having no regard
- Finnish: piittaamaton — having no regard
- Finnish: välinpitämätön — having no regard
- German: rücksichtslos — having no regard
- Hungarian: figyelmetlen — having no regard
- Hungarian: érzéketlen — having no regard
- Hungarian: közömbös — having no regard
- Italian: irrispettoso — having no regard
- Māori: mākūare — having no regard
- Polish: nieuważny — having no regard
- Punjabi: بھان٘ویں (bhāṉveṉ) — having no regard
- Ukrainian: недбайли́вий (nedbajlývyj) — having no regard
- Ukrainian: недба́лий (nedbályj) — having no regard
- Ukrainian: необере́жний (neoberéžnyj) — having no regard
- Catalan: malgrat tot — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Dutch: desondanks — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Dutch: niettemin — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Esperanto: senrigarde — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Finnish: siitä huolimatta — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- French: malgré tout — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- French: malgré cela — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- French: en dépit de cela — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- French: quand même — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- German: trotzdem — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- German: dennoch — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Hungarian: mégis — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Hungarian: ennek ellenére — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Hungarian: ennek dacára — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Hungarian: akkor is — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Hungarian: ettől függetlenül — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Hungarian: azért is — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Hungarian: csak azért is — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Ido: senegarde — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Italian: comunque — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Italian: in ogni caso — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Italian: nonostante — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Italian: senza tener conto — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Polish: mimo wszystko — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Spanish: pese a todo — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Spanish: a pesar de todo — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Swedish: ändå — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Swedish: oavsett — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Swedish: trots allt — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Ukrainian: все одно́ (vse odnó) — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Ukrainian: усе́ одно́ (usé odnó) — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Ukrainian: одна́ково (odnákovo) — actioned in a way which shows no consideration
- Spanish: sin importar nada — anyway; irrespective of what has just been said
Real reading context