Definition for Despite:

• An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt.

Synonyms for Despite:

• adv

  •however (adverb)
  • withal,
  • be that as it may,
  • on the other hand,
  • without regard to,
  • for all that,
  • after all,
  • for that,
  • Howbeit.

• adv.

  •even (adverb)
  • dis regarding,
  • all more,
  • in-deed,
  • dis-regarding.
  •however (adverb)
  • per contra.
  •regardless (adverb)
  • in spite everything.
  •yet (adverb)
  • still all.

• conj.

  •although (conjunction)
  • de spite,
  • despite fact,
  • granting this,
  • de-spite.
  •though (conjunction)
  • all-owing,
  • all owing.

• n.

  •
  • anyway,
  • even with,
  • in defiance of,
  • at least,
  • for all,
  • in spite of something,
  • still,
  • anyhow,
  • all/just the same.
  •
  • resist,
  • defiance.
  •
  • affront,
  • slight,
  • attack.
  •act (noun)
  • despite.
  •contempt (noun)
  • hatred,
  • neglect,
  • Despisement,
  • mockery.
  •disdain (noun)
  • superbities,
  • snobbishnesses.
  •ill will (noun)
  • no love losts,
  • un-friendlinesses,
  • hatred; hard feeling,
  • un-friendliness,
  • un friendlinesses,
  • bad wills,
  • unfriendlinesses,
  • un friendliness.
  •recalcitrance (noun)
  • in subordination,
  • rebelliousnesses,
  • impugnments,
  • in-tractableness,
  • in-subordination,
  • pro-vocations,
  • in tractableness,
  • in tractablenesses,
  • re volts,
  • pro vocation,
  • pro vocations,
  • re-volt,
  • throwing of gauntlet,
  • throwing the gauntlet,
  • re volt,
  • in-tractablenesses,
  • in subordinations,
  • throwing gauntlet,
  • in-subordinations,
  • re-volts,
  • enjoinders,
  • factiousnesses.
  •scorn (noun)
  • jeerings,
  • tauntings,
  • scornfulnesses,
  • teasings,
  • scoffings,
  • contemptuousnesses.
  •spite (noun)
  • re venge,
  • re-venge,
  • re venges.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • despisal,
  • nonetheless,
  • contumely,
  • recalcitrance,
  • nevertheless,
  • contumacy,
  • recalcitrancy,
  • irrespective.
  •
  • indignity,
  • however.
  •
  • offense.
  •
  • outrage.
  •
  • With.

Paraphrases for Despite:

• Independent

  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    although, while, Albeit, irrespective, Whereas, after, besides, outside, Amid.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    spite.

Antonyms for Despite:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    worship, charity, respect, amity, adulation, amiability, friendliness, affection, friendship, estimation, comity, understanding, favor, lionization, liking, regard, hospitality, kindness, adoration, advantage, veneration, acceptance, civility, tolerance, passion, admiration, love, amicability, empathy, idolization, goodwill, deference, sympathy, glorification, deification, reverence, gain, devotion, cordiality, esteem, infatuation, kindliness, idolatry, fondness, ardor, fancy.

Despite Sentence Examples:

• Their camp was made as before on the terrace proper, despite the heat of the sun.

• Despite the fact that food prices began to rise with the war, wages advanced very slowly.

Homophones for Despite:

• disbud, duck pate, despot, disputed, disk-shaped, decapod, dispute, decapoda, decapitate, dog bite, dissipate, diaspididae, dish-shaped, dash-pot, djibouti, dasypodidae, dissipated, dog food, decapitated, disc-shaped, dogsbody, ditch spade, day shift.

Hyponym for Despite:

• n.

  • act
    neglect, disregard.