anymore

adverb

any·​more ˌe-nē-ˈmȯr 

1

: any longer

I was not moving anymore with my feet

—Anaïs Nin

2

: at the present time : now, nowadays

Hardly a day passes without rain anymore.

Anymore vs. Any More: Usage Guide

Although both anymore and any more are found in written use, in current writing anymore is the more common styling. Anymore is regularly used in negative

No one can be natural anymore.

—May Sarton

, interrogative

Do you read much anymore?

, and conditional

If you do that anymore, I'll leave.

contexts and in certain positive constructions.

The Washingtonian is too sophisticated to believe anymore in solutions.

—Russell Baker

In many regions of the U.S. the use of anymore in sense 2 is quite common in positive constructions, especially in speech.

… everybody's cool anymore.

—Bill White

Every time we leave the house anymore, I play a game called "Stump the Housebreaker."

—Erma Bombeck

The positive use appears to have been of Midland origin, but it is now reported to be widespread in all speech areas of the U.S. except New England.

Synonyms

• currently
• now
• nowadays
• presently
• right now
• today

Examples of anymore in a Sentence

I never see them anymore.

they don't sell that kind of sandwich anymore

Recent Examples on the Web

Beam, who’s 49 and makes spectral yet meticulous folk music under the name Iron and Wine, lives in Durham, N.C., and has five daughters with his wife (though not all of them live at home anymore). —Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024

Why isn’t the rapper T.I. performing anymore at the National Cherry Festival? —Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2024

Florida isn’t considered a battleground state anymore, so selecting the senator wouldn’t help Trump carry a key swing state. —Javier Zarracina, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024

People just aren’t blowing up online anymore, becoming household names and garnering real, mainstream fame. —Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 26 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

anymore

adverb

any·​more ˌen-ē-ˈmō(ə)r 

-ˈmȯ(ə)r

: at the present time : nowadays

never see them anymore