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Synonyms for what
ʰwʌt, ʰwɒt, wʌt, wɒt; unstressed ʰwət, wətwhat

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Wiktionary4.2 / 6 votes

  1. whatadverb

    Synonyms:
    such

  2. whatadverb

    which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.

    What with singing and joking, the time passed quickly.

    Synonyms:
    such

  3. whatadverb

    how much; how great (used in an exclamation)

    It’s a nice day, what? (sometimes repeated, e.g.: What-what?)

    Synonyms:
    such

  4. whatadverb

    that; which

    Synonyms:
    such

  5. whatpronoun

    that which; those that; the thing that

    Synonyms:
    such

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. what

    Synonyms:
    pron. that which

  2. what

    Synonyms:
    the sort of, the kind of

  3. what

    Synonyms:
    which (out of many, or of many kinds)

  4. what

    Synonyms:
    how, how great, how remarkable

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "what":

    whatever, -what, qué, quelle, whereof, quel, quoi, whar, ec

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