so what
so what interjection: used to indicate indifference, often as a reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement.
Interjection
- Used to indicate indifference, often as a reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement.
- I lost my red shoes. – So what? Get a new pair.
- So what if you never win at anything. You can have a great time enjoying, at your own level, the physical activity, the movement, the sensual feeling of the cold, the water, the air, the sun.1977 February 12, John Atteridg, “Who's A Good Sport Anyhow?”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 33, page 10
- Synonyms:
- big deal, meh, whatever, who cares, whoopee do, what of it
so what meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic
so what in Hindi
- reply of indifference
- तो क्या to kyā
so what in Tamil
- ஒரு விடயம் சொல்லப்படும்போது, அந்த விடயம் பொருட்படுத்தப்படக் கூடியதல்ல, மறுக்கப்படக்கூடியது, ஏற்புடையதல்ல, இருக்கட்டும் ஆகிய
so what in Tagalog
- reply of indifference
- ano ngayon, ano naman
so what in Arabic
- reply of indifference
- ثُمَّ ماذَا ṯumma māḏā
More languagesFewer languages
- so what in Indonesian
- terus apa, lalu apa, terus, lalu
- so what in Thai
- แล้วไง lɛ́ɛo-ngai, ใครสน krai-sǒn
- so what in Vietnamese
- thì sao
Synonyms of so what
Questions about so what
- What does so what mean?
- So what means used to indicate indifference, often as a reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement.
- What is so what in Hindi?
- So what in Hindi is तो क्या (to kyā). See So what meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is so what?
- So what is an interjection.
Words near so what in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: so what (page history and authors); so what (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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