something like
In the ballpark
Something like indicates approximation or similarity.
With numbers, it means roughly: Something like forty people showed up.
With descriptions, it suggests resemblance without exactness: It tasted something like honey.
The phrase can also introduce a tentative proposal: We could do something like a potluck.
Short of completely
- nearlyAlmost but incomplete
- roughlyIn approximate terms
- approximatelyClose but not exact
- quasiPartly or apparently
pseudo · virtual · borderline · approaching · verging on · close to · not quite · more or less
Related in nature
- alikeSharing key features
- resemblingShowing similarity to
- similarResembling another thing
- comparableAble to be likened
parallel · equivalent · analogous · corresponding · homologous · tantamount · congruent · matching
Implied identity comparison
- simileComparison via "as"
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- analogyExplanatory likeness between things
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
imagery · figurative · trope · allusion · parable · personification · metonymy · hyperbole
One who closely resembles another
- doubleTwice the amount
- twinOne of matched pair
- doppelgangerSupernatural duplicate of oneself
- counterpartCorresponding person or thing
mirror image · clone · replica · copy · duplicate · echo · reflection · spitting image
almost
Short of completely
- nearlyAlmost but incomplete
- roughlyIn approximate terms
- approximatelyClose but not exact
quasi · pseudo · virtual · borderline · approaching · verging on · close to · not quite · more or less · sort of
akin
Related in nature
- alikeSharing key features
- resemblingShowing similarity to
- similarResembling another thing
comparable · parallel · equivalent · analogous · corresponding · homologous · tantamount · congruent · matching · approximating
metaphor
Implied identity comparison
- simileComparison via "as"
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- analogyExplanatory likeness between things
symbolism · imagery · figurative · trope · allusion · parable · personification · metonymy · hyperbole · idiom
lookalike
One who closely resembles another
- doubleTwice the amount
- twinOne of matched pair
- doppelgangerSupernatural duplicate of oneself
counterpart · mirror image · clone · replica · copy · duplicate · echo · reflection · spitting image · dead ringer
something likeexactly
With total accuracy
precisely · specifically · on the dot · definitively · on the nose
like, somewhat, somebody, sometime, something, somehow, someday, somewhere, someway