NOW

Women's advocacy organization

Now is the present moment—this instant as distinguished from past and future: I'm busy now, Now is the time to act.

It marks immediacy or a change in circumstances: Now I understand.

In narrative, now advances action or introduces new information: Now, where were we?

As an adjective, now describes what's current: the now generation.

Now, now soothes or mildly reproves.

present

moment

Brief period of time

immediately · presently · currently · right away · at once · this instant · as we speak · at present · contemporary · existing

cultural

generation

Age-defined peer group

current events · breaking · latest · contemporary · modern era · digital age · social media · instant · real-time · streaming

mindfulness

presence

State of being somewhere

centered · grounded · being · conscious · attentive · focus · stillness · breath · zen · present moment

urgency

immediately

Without any pause

rush · pressing · critical · time-sensitive · deadline · ASAP · stat · pronto · forthwith · without delay

transition

then

At that time

whereupon · at that point · turning point · shift · change · pivot · juncture · crossroads · threshold · meanwhile

Categories
Opposites
temporal immediacy

NOWthen

At that time

later · before · eventually · someday · formerly

temporal direction

NOWthen

At that time

before · after · yesterday · tomorrow · the past

urgency/delay

NOWlater

At a subsequent time

never · eventually · someday · not yet · mañana

Phrases
Family

nowadays, nowness

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G