Word Meanings - NOTWITHSTANDING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of. We gentil women bee Loth to displease any wight, Notwithstanding our great right. Chaucer's Dream. Those on whom Christ bestowed miraculous cures were so transported that their gratitude

Additional info about word: NOTWITHSTANDING

Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of. We gentil women bee Loth to displease any wight, Notwithstanding our great right. Chaucer's Dream. Those on whom Christ bestowed miraculous cures were so transported that their gratitude made them, notwithstanding his prohibition, proclaim the wonders he had done. Dr. H. More. Note: Notwithstanding was, by Johnson and Webster, viewed as a participle absolute, an English equivalent of the Latin non obstante. Its several meanings, either as preposition, adverb, or conjunction, are capable of being explained in this view. Later grammarians, while admitting that the word was originally a participle, and can be treated as such, prefer to class it as a preposition or disjunctive conjunction. Syn. -- In spite of; despite. -- Notwithstanding, In spite of, Despite. These words and phrases are often interchanged, but there is a difference between them, chiefly in strength. Notwithstanding is the weaker term, and simply points to some obstacle that may exist; as, I shall go, notwithstanding the rain. In spite or despite of has reference primarily to active opposition to be encountered from others; as, "I'll be, in man's despite, a monarch; " "I'll keep mine own, despite of all the world." Shak. Hence, these words, when applied to things, suppose greater opposition than notwithstanding. We should say. "He was thrust rudely out of doors in spite of his entreaties," rather than "notwithstanding". On the other hand, it would be more civil to say, "Notwithstanding all you have said, I must still differ with you."

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of NOTWITHSTANDING)

• But
• Save
• except
• barring
• yet
• beside
• excluding
• still
• excepting
• notwithstanding
• Despite
• prep
• Notwithstanding
• opposing
• resisting
• Yet
• Besides
• nevertheless
• however
• eventually
• ultimately
• at last
• so far
• thus far

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of NOTWITHSTANDING)

• Count
• include
• reckon
• state
• classify
• propound
• affirm
• admit

Related words: (words related to NOTWITHSTANDING)

• STILLY
  Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
• COUNTERBRACE
  To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• EXCEPT
  1. To take or leave out from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit. Who never touched The excepted tree. Milton. Wherein all other things concurred. Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. To object to; to protest against. Shak.
• BARRAS
  A resin, called also galipot.
• COUNTERACTIVE
  Tending to counteract.
• COUNTERFLEURY
  Counterflory.
• COUNTERVIEW
  1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx.
• ADMITTER
  One who admits.
• COUNTER WEIGHT
  A counterpoise.
• COUNTABLE
  Capable of being numbered.
• STATEHOOD
  The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
• COUNTRY-DANCE
  See MACUALAY
• COUNTERJUMPER
  A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemtuously.
• RECKON
  reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. 1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. The priest shall reckon to him the
• AFFIRMATIVELY
  In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.
• STILLBIRTH
  The birth of a dead fetus.
• OPPOSABILITY
  The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
• RECKONER
  One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculation, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning. Reckoners without their host must reckon twice. Camden.
• CREBRICOSTATE
  Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
• SAGEBRUSH STATE
  Nevada; -- a nickname.
• UNRESISTANCE
  Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance. Bp. Hall.
• OLD LINE STATE
  Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.
• ENSTATE
  See INSTATE
• INSTILL
  To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To