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View synonyms for anything

anything

[ en-ee-thing ]

pronoun

  1. any thing whatever; something, no matter what:

    Do you have anything for a toothache?



noun

  1. a thing of any kind.

adverb

  1. in any degree; to any extent; in any way; at all:

    Does it taste anything like chocolate?

anything

/ ˈɛnɪˌθɪŋ /

pronoun

  1. any object, event, action, etc, whatever

    anything might happen

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a thing of any kind

    have you anything to declare?

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. in any way

    he wasn't anything like his father

  2. anything but
    by no means; not in the least

    she was anything but happy

  3. like anything
    (intensifier; usually euphemistic)

    he ran like anything

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anything1

before 900; Middle English ani thing, eni thing, Old English ǣnig thing. See any, thing 1
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. anything but, in no degree or respect; not in the least:

    The plans were anything but definite.

  2. anything goes, any type of conduct, dress, speech, etc., is considered acceptable or valid or is likely to be encountered and tolerated:

    That resort is a place where anything goes!

More idioms and phrases containing anything

  • can't do anything with
  • if anything
  • like anything
  • not anything like
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Example Sentences

If anything the work the two cops and the maintenance guy were doing deserves more respect and probably helped a lot more people.

Like many trans users, Transartist often gets used as a source of information more than anything else.

Neither the Republican nor the Democratic party have done anything to consistently target Asian- American voters.

But Krauss said that from the moment he and the other scientists arrived on the island, they never saw anything untoward.

So I started to think about anything in my life that would be worth people giving it any amount of time.

There was a rumor that Alessandro and his father had both died; but no one knew anything certainly.

As men fixed in the grip of nightmare, we were powerless—unable to do anything but wait.

He made me think of an old time magician more than anything, and I felt that with a touch of his wand he could transform us all.

Strathland would bundle me out in ten minutes if anything happened to Jack.

It is no good settling down in a world that, on its part, refuses to do anything of the sort.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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