Any more or anymore?
any more is an adverb meaning “From a given time onwards; longer, again”; anymore is an adverb meaning “Alternative form of any more”. any more is written as two words and anymore as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between any more and anymore?
| any more | anymore | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adverb | adverb |
| Meaning | From a given time onwards; longer, again at this point (expressing exacerbation in the face of the futility of a situation) | USAlternative form of any more |
| Example | They don't make repairable radios any more | He doesn't live here anymore |
| Pronunciation | /ˌɛ.niˈmɔː/ /ˌɛ.niˈmɔɹ/ /ˌɛ.niˈmo(ː)ɹ/ | /ˌɛn.iˈmɔː/ /ˌɛn.iˈmɔɹ/ /ˌɛn.iˈmo(ː)ɹ/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 87 times per million words |
Sources: any more and anymore in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of any more and anymore
any more
- 1
From a given time onwards; longer, again
They don't make repairable radios any more
- 2
at this point (expressing exacerbation in the face of the futility of a situation)
What are we even doing any more
- 3
UScolloquialNow, from now on
I eat fish any more
- 4
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see any, more
Alice doesn't like Braque any more than she likes Picasso
anymore
- 1
USAlternative form of any more
He doesn't live here anymore
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, any more or anymore?
any more is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; anymore 87 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search any more vs anymore?
“any more vs anymore” is searched about 1,600 times a month on Google and 170 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“anymore vs any more”, “any more or anymore”).
Sources: Google Ads keyword data through DataForSEO and Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, the average month from September 2025 to August 2026.