however

• "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"
• "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"
• "he was a stern yet fair master"
• "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go"

Synonyms

• neverthelessdespite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
• withaldespite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession); together with this
• stilla static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes); (poetic) tranquil silence; an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation ; make calm or still; cause to be quiet or not talk; lessen the intensity of or calm; make motionless ; not in physical motion; marked by absence of sound; (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; used of pictures; not sparkling; free from noticeable current; with reference to action or condition; despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession); to a greater degree or extent; without moving or making a sound
• yetup to the present time; used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; to a greater degree or extent; within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time; used after a superlative; despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
• all the samedespite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
• even sodespite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
• nonethelessdespite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
• notwithstandingdespite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
• at the same timeat the same instant; overlapping in duration; despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

• "on the other hand"
• "the first part was easy"
• "the second, however, took hours"

• "The results, however general, are important"
• "they have begun, however reluctantly, to acknowledge the legitimacy of some of the opposition's concerns"

• "Victory, however it was brought about, was sweet"
• "however he did it, it was very clever"