anything near

idiom

: in any way : at all

—used in negative statements

The movie wasn't anything near what I expected it to be.

We don't have anything near enough time.

Examples of anything near in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Inaugurations, even with several days of elaborate dinners and other events, have never cost anything near roughly a quarter-billion dollars, and the amount raised by the committee will resurface questions about where any leftover funds might go. —Theodore Schleifer, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025

When the records were examined, it was found that the detectors had been triggered by occasional bursts of gamma rays, but that the source could not possibly be anything near Earth. —Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2025

Presently, the chattering class is outraged that a Trump government dismissal of Adams’ criminal case, without prejudice, will jeopardize NYC, believing Adams will rollover for President Trump on anything near and dear to Trump. —Arnold Kriss, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025

Our insurer didn’t appear to have coughed up anything near this sum to the hospital, though. —John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024

Rhymes for anything near

• charioteer
• adhere
• ameer
• amir
• appear
• arrear
• astir
• austere
• career
• cashier
• cohere
• compere