anymore

adverb

any·​more ˌe-nē-ˈmȯr 

1

: any longer

I was not moving anymore with my feet

—Anaïs Nin

2

: at the present time : now, nowadays

Hardly a day passes without rain anymore.

Anymore vs. Any More: Usage Guide

Although both anymore and any more are found in written use, in current writing anymore is the more common styling. Anymore is regularly used in negative

No one can be natural anymore.

—May Sarton

, interrogative

Do you read much anymore?

, and conditional

If you do that anymore, I'll leave.

contexts and in certain positive constructions.

The Washingtonian is too sophisticated to believe anymore in solutions.

—Russell Baker

In many regions of the U.S. the use of anymore in sense 2 is quite common in positive constructions, especially in speech.

… everybody's cool anymore.

—Bill White

Every time we leave the house anymore, I play a game called "Stump the Housebreaker."

—Erma Bombeck

The positive use appears to have been of Midland origin, but it is now reported to be widespread in all speech areas of the U.S. except New England.

Synonyms

• currently
• now
• nowadays
• presently
• right now
• today

Examples of anymore in a Sentence

I never see them anymore.

they don't sell that kind of sandwich anymore

Recent Examples on the Web

So putting aside some of these songs because there was so much to choose from... that just doesn't exist anymore. —Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025

Technically, there are three of them, but there's no reason to pick up the original anymore, as the 'Returns' remake improved on it in every way. —Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 7 June 2025

Horse driving isn’t cheap or particularly popular anymore. —Tina Li, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2025

Then there’s this issue that Springsteen emphatically tried to answer in Liverpool this week: Does the rough but noble America he’s been mythologizing for 50 years even exist anymore? —Stephen Collinson, CNN Money, 7 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for anymore

• albacore
• alongshore
• antiwar
• blastopore
• carnivore
• commodore
• dinosaur
• evermore
• furthermore
• guarantor
• herbivore
• heretofore

Kids Definition

anymore

adverb

any·​more ˌen-ē-ˈmō(ə)r 

-ˈmȯ(ə)r

: at the present time : nowadays

never see them anymore