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

And actually, that combination often turns out to be inevitable if your travel companions are anything like mine. — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2026

Away back along the old sewer bank, the old place is anything like home either, now creating a deeper sense of loss for the supporters. — Lee Clayton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Still, only one person became a celluloid legend from Universal’s gambit — and that person wasn’t Carlos Villarias, who outlived Lugosi by two decades yet never achieved anything like the same renown. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026

Getting the product into the places where wealthy customers already holiday achieves something remarkably similar without carrying anything like the same property burden. — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 28 July 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