something/anything of the kind

noun phrase

: something like the person or thing mentioned

I'd like to go to a movie or a concert, or something of the kind.

—often used in negative statements

He said I hung up on him, but I never did anything of the kind!

This technology is completely new. I've never seen anything of the kind before.

Examples of something/anything of the kind in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Defense attorney Andrew Kettlewell told jurors there was no evidence of an assault, with no one in the house reporting anything of the kind and no medical records, photos or video that documented any injuries. — Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026

The nonstop aspects aren’t on the table, and the user hasn’t said anything of the kind. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

To that end, LocalThunk has made the game specifically not about actual gambling, or microtransactions, or anything of the kind. — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024

Just write some code or establish a checklist of hateful words, and make sure that the AI never generates anything of the kind. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023

Even Bharara, after being fired as US Attorney, went on to have a think group or something of the kind on insider trading laws, which concluded that insider trading laws needed reform. — Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021