nowness
Being right here
Nowness is the quality of being immediate or present—existing in or belonging to the current moment.
The word often appears in philosophical or contemplative contexts about consciousness and time: Meditation cultivates awareness of nowness.
It can also describe cultural relevance or contemporaneity: The film captures the nowness of urban life.
Current point in time
- instantBriefest unit of time
- real-timeOccurring without processing delay
- immediacyQuality of being direct
- instantaneousHappening without any delay
prompt · on-the-spot · at once · forthwith · without delay · spontaneous · unhesitating · direct
Passing very quickly
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- passingMoving by or temporary
- momentaryLasting very briefly
brief · evanescent · impermanent · temporal · fugitive · short-lived · here today · flash
State of being somewhere
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- wakefulnessState of being conscious
attentiveness · alertness · centeredness · grounding · meditation · Zen · satori · mindful
Directed flow of charge
- modernOf recent times
- todayThis present day
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
- present-dayOf this era
zeitgeist · trending · topical · relevant · prevailing · happening · in vogue · cutting-edge
Freedom from temporal decay
- eternityBoundless temporal existence
- perpetuityInfinite continuation of time
- continuumUninterrupted, gradual sequence
- presenceState of being somewhere
being · existential · phenomenology · Heidegger · temporality · becoming · immanence · transcendence
present moment
Current point in time
- instantBriefest unit of time
- real-timeOccurring without processing delay
- immediacyQuality of being direct
instantaneous · prompt · on-the-spot · at once · forthwith · without delay · spontaneous · unhesitating · direct · live
fleeting
Passing very quickly
momentary · brief · evanescent · impermanent · temporal · fugitive · short-lived · here today · flash · instant
presence
State of being somewhere
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- attentionFocused mental awareness
wakefulness · attentiveness · alertness · centeredness · grounding · meditation · Zen · satori · mindful · embodiment
current
Directed flow of charge
- modernOf recent times
- todayThis present day
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
present-day · zeitgeist · trending · topical · relevant · prevailing · happening · in vogue · cutting-edge · current affairs
timelessness
Freedom from temporal decay
- eternityBoundless temporal existence
- perpetuityInfinite continuation of time
- continuumUninterrupted, gradual sequence
presence · being · existential · phenomenology · Heidegger · temporality · becoming · immanence · transcendence · ontology
nownesspastness
Quality of being bygone
futurity · yesteryear · retrospection · anticipation · antiquity
nownessabsence
State of not being
distraction · nostalgia · abstraction · reverie · anticipation
nownesseternity
Boundless temporal existence
timelessness · atemporality · duration · permanence · everlastingness