Despite

7 lettersprepositioncommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

Without being affected by or in spite of something; regardless of.

“Despite the rain, the festival continued as planned.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/dɪˈspaɪt/

Syllables

de·spite

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Synonyms

notwithstandingregardless ofin spite of

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Wordle

Seven letters with -ITE suffix; contains useful vowels E, I, E

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Scrabble

Worth 10 points; good for building off existing words with common patterns

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Shorter words formed from the letters in “despite”.

deeps deist depit diets dites edits epist idest pedes peise peste piest piete piste septi siped sited speed spete spied spite steed steep steid

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