anything like

phrase

: in any way : at all

it's not anything like as good as it used to be

Examples of anything like in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But his name doesn’t carry anything like the recognition of Pollock or Frankenthaler. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

In China, in Singapore, in Seoul, in Dubai, the conversation about AI does not sound anything like the conversation in San Francisco or Brussels. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

The glasses, which are priced at about $1,300, aren’t anything like the Quest VR headsets Meta has been selling for years, which weigh about 18 ounces and look like a visor or helmet rather than glasses. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

The government of India has never issued anything like a citizenship certificate to any citizen, ever. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1529, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anything like

• statesmanlike
• alike
• belike
• birdlike
• catlike
• childlike
• christlike
• deathlike
• dislike
• dreamlike
• friedreich
• godlike