not anything like

1. Also, nothing like; not anywhere near; nowhere near. Quite different from, far from; also, not nearly. For example, The town's library isn't anything like the university's library, or His outfit was nothing like his brother's, or It isn't anything like as cold as it was last winter, or That movie isn't anywhere near as exciting as I thought it would be, or Her diamond is nowhere near as big as mine. The phrases with like date from the late 1700s, and those with near from the mid-1400s.

Example Sentences

By the end of the day, Hegseth clarified on social media: “Qatar will not have their own base in the United States—not anything like a base. We control the existing base, like we do with all partners.”

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Well, except no, it’s not anything like that.

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It's not, it's not anything like um a consensual adult who was using her agency to express her sexuality that doesn't exist.

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That may not have quite kept up with inflation, which would have raised the justices’ pay to about $311,060 since 2009, but it’s not anything like the march backward experienced by those on the federal minimum wage.

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D.C., he said, is “not anything like that.”

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