much as

1. 1.

   in a similar way

   Synonymsvery much like

Questions about much as

What does much as mean?

much as means "in a similar way".

What is another word for much as?

Close synonyms include very much like. 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 much as a common word?

much as 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.