All nowadays synonyms
nowΒ·aΒ·days
N n noun nowadays
adverb nowadays
- today β this present day: Today is beautiful.
- currently β at the presenttime; now: She is currently working as a lab technician.
- in this day and age β these days
- presently β in a little while; soon: They will be here presently.
- directly β in a direct line, way, or manner; straight: The path leads directly to the lake.
- forthwith β immediately; at once; without delay: Any official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith.
- immediately β without lapse of time; without delay; instantly; at once: Please telephone him immediately.
- instantly β immediately; at once.
- straightaway β straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
- pdq β pretty damn quick
- any more β If something does not happen or is not true any more or any longer, it has stopped happening or is no longer true.
- at once β If you do something at once, you do it immediately.
- away β If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there. If you are away from a place, you are not in the place where people expect you to be.
- first off β being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- here and now β in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
- in nothing flat β no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- instanter β immediately; at once.
- just now β a moment ago
- momentarily β for a moment; briefly: to pause momentarily.
- on the double β twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- promptly β done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- pronto β promptly; quickly.
- right away β in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- soon β within a short period after this or that time, event, etc.: We shall know soon after he calls.
- shortly β in a short time; soon.
- anon β Anon means quite soon.
- before long β If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon.
- before you know it β rapidly, soon
- by and by β presently or eventually
- down the line β complete, full, unreserved, or whole-hearted: a down-the-line endorsement.
- down the road β a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
adjective nowadays
- current β A current is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
- begun β Begun is the past participle of begin.
- being β Being is the present participle of be1.
- coeval β of or belonging to the same age or generation
- commenced β Simple past tense and past participle of commence.
- contemporary β Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
- instant β an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment: They arrived not an instant too soon.
- modern β of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- prompt β done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- ad hoc β An ad hoc activity or organization is done or formed only because a situation has made it necessary and is not planned in advance.
- already β You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
- contemporaneous β If two events or situations are contemporaneous, they happen or exist during the same period of time.
- existent β Having reality or existence.
- extant β (especially of a document) still in existence; surviving.
- for the time being β the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- going on β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.