here and now
Not then, today
Here and now refers to the present moment and immediate circumstances, as opposed to the past, future, or abstract possibilities.
It emphasizes what exists or matters right now: Let's focus on the here and now.
The phrase often carries philosophical weight about living in the present rather than dwelling on what was or might be.
- presentGift or current moment
- todayThis present day
- instantBriefest unit of time
- realityWhat actually exists
- immediatelyWithout any pause
current · grounding · feet on the ground · moment · actuality · awareness · embodiment · in the flesh · surroundings · at this moment · existing · mindfulness · staying present · site · location · real-time · vicinity · living
- awarenessalertness, aware, attention, cognizance, conscious
- nowpresent, moment, instant, today, currently
- seize todaycarpe diem, seize the day, seize the moment, live for today, present moment
- GestaltGestalt, Gestalt therapy, figure-ground, closure, proximity
- urgencyurgent, urgently, emergency, ASAP, stat
- momentsmoment, instant, second, flash, jiffy
here and nowthe past
All elapsed time
then · someday · once upon a time · back then · long ago
here and nowthere
At that location
elsewhere · over there · far away · somewhere else · yonder
here and nowfantasy
Imaginative mental wandering
daydream · escapism · head in the clouds · abstraction · imagination
now, here, there, where, heretofore, hereby, herein, hither, hereupon