not today
Refusal for now
Not today is a firm but often playful refusal—declining something in the moment without ruling it out forever.
It can deflect unwanted advances, reject temptation, or brush off bad luck: Not today, Satan.
The phrase gained currency as a defiant declaration of survival or resistance, suggesting that whatever threat or obstacle exists won't succeed this time: Death came knocking, but not today.
- tomorrowThe day after today
- laterAt a subsequent time
- maybe laterTentative deferral response
- postponeDelay to later time
- delayEnforced waiting period
another time · some other time · rain check · busy · excuse · maybe · procrastinate · decline · refuse · pass · hard pass · skip · avoid · eventually · soon · next time · put off · kick the can
- Boundary phrasesno, stop, enough, boundaries, off limits
not todaytoday
This present day
right now · immediately · this instant · at once · presently
not todayyes
Opposite of no
absolutely · right away · certainly · of course · right now