ような物だ

like; as good as

→ よう
phrase Common #8,041
like; as good as Used to compare something to another thing or to say that something is practically equivalent to it. The noun 物 is often written in hiragana as もの.
JA: 契約は成立したような物だ。
EN: The contract is as good as finalized.

私にとってこの本は、あなたにとっての聖書のような物だ。

To me, this book is like the Bible is to you.

それはまるで、その惨事が彼のせいだとでも言っているような物だ。

It was almost as if to say that the disaster was his fault.

…あるクリスタルのような…そうだ、こんなような物だ!

...Something like a crystal... Yes, that's it—something like this!

— アトランティス 失われた帝国 (2001)