Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

something like

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.71 in modern English

Syllables: some-thing -like
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

phrase

A fine example or specimen of something.

Dated; Informal

Example Sentences

"And it’s daunting because each segment has to tell a full, complete story in something like six minutes while doing justice to revered source material and including the non-stop laughs and genius gags that characterized The Simpsons in its god-like prime."
"When they had done, she gave Ashiepattle a whistle, and told him how to use it. If he blew into the one end of it, everything which he wished far away would be scattered to all sides, but if he blew into the other end it would all come together again; and if the whistle were lost or was taken from him, he had only to wish for it and it would come back to him. That is something like a whistle, thought Ashiepattle."
""I say!" exclaimed Scrubb. "That's something like! Think of sleeping in a bed again.""

Usage

Phrases

more like it something like that

Frequently Paired Words

more like it something like that

Questions

What does something like mean?: approximately

How to pronounce something like

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