something like

phrase

1

: close to : approximately

It costs something like five dollars.

2

: somewhat or slightly like

He does look something like his father.

Examples of something like in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That said, there are instances in which something like this could work. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2026

Cocoon arrives with the promise of something like a metamorphosis or rebirth, an increasingly familiar proposition from Yeat. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026

That’s where the state taxes something like a utility but then allows the county and city to add taxes on top of the taxes. — Peggy Gossett-Seidman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

But the old dispensation was also something like the countryside of his childhood, which experience has disenchanted. — Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for something like

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