Anything

What do we mean by anything?

Any object, occurrence, or matter whatever. pronoun

To any degree or extent; at all. adverb

Something or someone of importance. noun

(anything but) By no means; not at all. idiom

(anything goes) Anything is permissible or likely to be tolerated. idiom

(like anything) To an exceeding degree. idiom

Any whit; in any degree; to any extent; at all.

A thing, indefinitely; something or other, no matter what: opposed to nothing: as, have you anything to eat? I do not see anything; give me anything.

From its indeterminate signification, anything is often used colloquially in comparisons, as emphatically comprehensive of whatever simile may suggest itself or be appropriate, especially in the comparative phrases as… as anything, like anything, equivalent to ‘exceedingly,’ ‘greatly.’

Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught. noun

Expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like. noun

Not at all or in any respect. noun

In any respect; at all. noun

In any measure; anywise; at all. adverb

In any way, any extent or any degree. adverb

Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught. pronoun

Expressing an indefinite comparison. pronoun

Someone or something of importance. noun

Someone or something of importance.

Words that are spelled similarly to anything:
anything, nothing, tything, althing, nithing, anteing, scything, anting, kything, anythings, allthing, a thing.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word anything:
else, happen, wrong, happens, goes, anyone, everything, wants, say, want, happened, done, really, you, think, thing, nothing.

Words that rhyme with anything:
ring, cling, bring, spring, fling, swing, string, wring, sting, thing, wing, sling, king, sing, ing, everything, ling, offspring, bling, ping, bing, ding, hamstring, zing, ching, ming, ting, wellspring, upswing, hing, ying, plaything, sexting, snorkeling, beijing, pring, singh, ging, jing, xing, shoestring, qing, shing, texting, peking, fring, downswing, right wing, chicken wing, ning, key ring, thring, bee sting, left wing, pling, forewing, kling, schwing, leftwing, bellyaching, gas ring, thwing, box spring, baseball swing, chongqing, ringe, living thing, dring, erving, nose ring, benzene ring, fairy ring, o ring, signet ring, kring, hot spring, in full swing, rightwing, teething ring, annual ring, sea king, wedding ring, martin luther king, turkey wing, anchor ring, buffalo wing, coil spring, shoe string, sun king, on the wing, unring, coffee ring, djing, leaf spring, natural spring, growth ring, highland fling, air spring, bastard wing, gin sling.

Adjectives that are often used to describe anything:
worth, most, longer, more, mean, much, scarce, utter, short, present, drunk, learnt, heard, less, better, hear, sure, need, anti, known, exact, impossible, fake, correct, welcome, minute, unconscious, willing, sound, rival, for, clean, ever, ready, pro, else, dread.

Consonant match to anything:
unearthing.

Words that sound like anything:
anything, unearthing, anyang, unsheathing, envying, ending, annoying, anytime, enjoying, entering, any time, anyon, annealing, enamine, endowing, ensing, say anything, if anything, anethum, sneezing, sneaking, seething, teething, smoothing, sheathing, smithing, wreathing, know nothing, do nothing, say nothing, knownothing, do-nothing, anyone, uneaten, enea, ennea, nng, enisa, any one, anywhen, nsn, inching, enuring, nothing, amazing, everything, anthem, enticing, inning, menacing, anyhow, undying, unknowing, unceasing, one thing, emitting, emptying, ensuing, amassing, nithing, unseeing, anthon, unerring, encasing, enacting, emoting, ennemi, onium, untying, entin, and then, emceeing, enamoring, unthink, unseeming, enfin, ingoing, end in, unring, entombing, uneath, ennio, unbreathing, shinnying, unseating, immiting, loathing, awning, anakin, honoring, anding, anniston, honouring, anting, lathing, anacin, hething, annulling, anjing, eanling.