like hell

Questions about like hell

What does like hell mean?

like hell means "(informal) with great speed or effort or intensity; used for emphasis". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for like hell?

Close synonyms include like mad, like crazy, like sin, like thunder, like the devil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is like hell a common word?

like hell is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.