anymore
At this point
Anymore means from this point forward, typically in negative or questioning contexts: I don't go there anymore, Does anyone use cash anymore?
In some American dialects, especially Midland regions, anymore appears in positive statements meaning "nowadays": Anymore, everyone works from home.
This positive use sounds wrong to many speakers but is standard in its home territory.
Past, not present
- not nowPostponement phrase
- never againPermanent refusal to repeat
- ceasedCame to an end
- stoppedBrought to a halt
discontinued · finished · ended · done · over · past · through · completed
Unmoving, or continuing
- yetStill, or eventually
- longerOf greater duration
- furtherTo a greater degree
- keep onContinue doing something
persist · continue · carry on · remain · sustain · maintain · endure · ongoing
Past habitual action
- onceAt one time
- formerlyIn the past
- previouslyBefore the present moment
- beforePrior in time
back then · in the past · at one time · originally · initially · earlier · prior · erstwhile
no longer
Past, not present
- not nowPostponement phrase
- never againPermanent refusal to repeat
- ceasedCame to an end
stopped · discontinued · finished · ended · done · over · past · through · completed · concluded
still
Unmoving, or continuing
keep on · persist · continue · carry on · remain · sustain · maintain · endure · ongoing · presently
used to
Past habitual action
- onceAt one time
- formerlyIn the past
- previouslyBefore the present moment
before · back then · in the past · at one time · originally · initially · earlier · prior · erstwhile · once upon a time
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- polarity wordsanyone, ever, either, neither, yet
- intensifiersvery, really, extremely, absolutely, incredibly
- particleselectrons, electron, protons, proton, neutrons
- Pittsburghesejagoff, slippy, dippy eggs, spicket
- frequency wordsalways, never, often, sometimes, usually
- not anymorePreviously but not presently
- not in Kansas anymoreTransported to unfamiliar territory