Synonyms for why
ʰwaɪ, waɪwhy

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1. whynoun

   Synonyms:
   wherefore, how come

2. whyinterjection

   Exclamation of mild surprise.

   Why, I think it would work fine!

   Synonyms:
   wherefore, how come

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:2.7 / 3 votes

1. why, whereforenoun

   the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'

   Synonyms:
   wherefore

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1. • Reason

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1. whyadjective

   Synonyms:
   wherefore, for what cause or reason, on what account

2. whyadjective

   Synonyms:
   for what purpose

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1. List of paraphrases for "why":

   -why, pourquoi, how, therefore, reasons, reason

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1. Sigmar Gabriel:

   Why should German taxpayers pay to imprison foreign criminals, the threat of having to spend time behind bars in their home country is far more of a deterrent than a prison sentence in Germany.

2. Andrés Manuel López Obrador:

   That can’t happen again, we have to avoid that happening. That’s why there’s this plan to reinforce security.

3. Linda Chatman:

   Why was you doing this? i got to constantly keep coming up here.

4. Nguyen Thuy Hang:

   Apart from the political factor, this T-shirt is very fashionable, so why not?

5. Judge Cordova:

   You will live with those consequences for the rest of your life. I hope that every morning when you wake up, you think about what happened and why youre here, why youre in prison, that is a pain you will have, a pain your family will have, but the pain is a lot greater for the Singh family.