Now

//naʊ//

Synonyms for "now" (172 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (35)

Adverb(2 words)
any moreat the minute
Noun(1 words)
as-is
Adverb(2 words)
at onceat present
Prep_phrase(1 words)
at this point in time

Strong matches (51)

Adverb(2 words)
by and byincontinently
Noun(1 words)
here and now

Related words (86)

newfashionednewnessnoncenot long agonow and thennow thatnownessof lateokon the spotonly yesterdayour timesper saltumpresentpresent daypresent tensepresent-daypresent-timepresentlypresentness
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progressiveprontorecentlyright awayright nowright offseeingsimultaneouslysincestraightstraight awaystraight offstraightawaystraightwaystreamlinedsubitothe noncethe nowthe now generationthe other daythe presentthe present agethe present daythe present hourthe present juncturethe present timethe time beingthe timesthen and therethese daysthis daythis hourthis instantthis minutethis momentthis nightthis pointthis stagethis very minutetimestodaytonighttrendytwentieth centurytwentieth-centuryultra-ultraultramodernuno saltuup-to-dateup-to-datishup-to-the-minuteway outwell thenwhereaswithout delay
Intj(2 words)
oktut tut
Noun(1 words)
present
Adjective(1 words)
prompt

Related word relations

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15 relation types

More general

2 entries

Antonyms

7 entries

Synonyms

7 entries

Related terms

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capable of

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defined as

1 entries

derived

69 entries

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distinct from

1 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

form of

1 entries

has context

3 entries

has property

2 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

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similar

1 entries

Translations

429 translations across 201 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • уажәы adv (at the present time)

Aghwan

1 entries
  • 𐔼 adv (at the present time)

Ahom

1 entries
  • 𑜀𑜠𑜃𑜩 adv (at the present time)

Akkadian

1 entries
  • inanna adv (at the present time)

Albanian

1 entries
  • tani adv (at the present time)

Aleut

1 entries
  • waya adv (at the present time)

Alviri-Vidari

1 entries
  • آتا adv (at the present time)

Amharic

1 entries
  • አሁን adv (at the present time)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • νῦν adv (at the present time)

Ao

1 entries
  • tang (Chungli) adv (at the present time)

Arabic

4 entries
  • إسا adv (at the present time)
  • الحين adv (at the present time)
  • الحين adv (at the present time)
  • الْآنَ adv (at the present time)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • agora adv (at the present time)

Armenian

4 entries
  • այժմ adv (at the present time)
  • հեսա adv (at the present time)
  • հիմա adv (at the present time)
  • հիմա noun (the present time)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • acmo adv (at the present time)

Ashokan Prakrit

1 entries
  • 𑀅𑀥𑀼𑀦𑀸 adv (at the present time)

Assamese

1 entries
  • এতিয়া adv (at the present time)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܐܵܕܝܼܵܐ adv (at the present time)
  • ܗܵܫܵܐ adv (at the present time)

Asturian

1 entries
  • agora adv (at the present time)

Avar

2 entries
  • гьабсагӏат adv (at the present time)
  • гьанже adv (at the present time)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • indi adv (at the present time)

Bangi

1 entries
  • sikawa adv (at the present time)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • хәҙер adv (at the present time)

Basque

1 entries
  • orain adv (at the present time)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • за́раз adv (at the present time)
  • цяпе́р adv (at the present time)

Bengali

1 entries
  • এখন adv (at the present time)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • अभी adv (at the present time)

Breton

1 entries
  • bremañ adv (at the present time)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • сега́ adv (at the present time)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ယခု adv (at the present time)
  • အခု adv (at the present time)

Catalan

4 entries
  • ara adv (at the present time)
  • ara bé adv ((word to introduce a point))
  • ara conj (since, because)
  • ara intj (signal to begin)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • karon adv (at the present time)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ئێستا adv (at the present time)

Chechen

1 entries
  • хӏинца adv (at the present time)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • tsopano adv (at the present time)

Chinese

4 entries
  • вуҗин adv (at the present time)
  • щянзэ adv (at the present time)
  • щүанзэ adv (at the present time)
  • 今 adv (at the present time)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 依家 adv (at the present time)
  • 如今 adv (at the present time)
  • 現今 /现今 adv (at the present time)
  • 現在 /现在 adv (at the present time)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 如今 adv (at the present time)
  • 現下 /现下 adv (at the present time)
  • 現今 /现今 adv (at the present time)
  • 現在 /现在 adv (at the present time)

Church Slavic

3 entries
  • нꙑнѣ adv (at the present time)
  • сегꙑ adv (at the present time)
  • сьга adv (at the present time)

Czech

2 entries
  • nyní adv (at the present time)
  • teď adv (at the present time)

Dalmatian

2 entries
  • adias adv (at the present time)
  • jamo adv (at the present time)

Danish

3 entries
  • nu adv (at the present time)
  • nu conj (since, because)
  • nu noun (the present time)

Dari

3 entries
  • اَلَان adv (at the present time)
  • اَکْنُون adv (at the present time)
  • حَالَا adv (at the present time)

Dolgan

1 entries
  • аны adv (at the present time)

Dutch

4 entries
  • nou adv (at the present time)
  • nu adv (at the present time)
  • thans adv (at the present time)
  • nu conj (since, because)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 現時 /现时 adv (at the present time)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • nu adv ((word to introduce a point))
  • nun adv (at the present time)

Estonian

1 entries
  • nüüd adv (at the present time)

Faroese

1 entries
  • nú adv (at the present time)

Finnish

4 entries
  • nykyinen adj (present; current)
  • tämänhetkinen adj (present; current)
  • milloin adv (occasionally; used to list a series of often assumed states)
  • nyt adv (at the present time)

French

4 entries
  • alors adv ((word to introduce a point))
  • maintenant adv (at the present time)
  • or adv ((word to introduce a point))
  • tantôt adv (occasionally; used to list a series of often assumed states)

Galician

3 entries
  • agora adv (at the present time)
  • agora intj (signal to begin)
  • xa intj (signal to begin)

Gan Chinese

1 entries
  • 現在 /现在 adv (at the present time)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ახლა adv (at the present time)

German

4 entries
  • jetzig adj (present; current)
  • gerade adv (at the present time)
  • jetzt adv (at the present time)
  • jetzt —not sentence-initially adv ((word to introduce a point))

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌽𐌿 adv (at the present time)

Greek

2 entries
  • τώρα adv (at the present time)
  • τώρα που conj (since, because)

Gujarati

4 entries
  • અત્યારે adv (at the present time)
  • અધુના adv (at the present time)
  • ઓણ adv (at the present time)
  • હવે adv (at the present time)

Hakka Chinese

4 entries
  • 今這下 /今这下 adv (at the present time)
  • 如今 adv (at the present time)
  • 現下 /现下 adv (at the present time)
  • 這下 /这下 adv (at the present time)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ʻānō adv (at the present time)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • כָּעֵת adv (at the present time)
  • עַכְשָׁו adv (at the present time)
  • עַתָּה adv (at the present time)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • iman adv (at the present time)

Hindi

3 entries
  • अधुना adv (at the present time)
  • अब adv (at the present time)
  • अभी adv (at the present time)

Hittite

1 entries
  • 𒆠𒉡𒌦 adv (at the present time)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • most adv (at the present time)
  • most, hogy conj (since, because)
  • most noun (the present time)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • nú adv (at the present time)
  • nú þegar conj (since, because)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • ita adv (at the present time)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • kini adv (at the present time)
  • sekarang adv (at the present time)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • nyt adv (at the present time)

Ingush

1 entries
  • хӏанз adv (at the present time)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • nunc adv (at the present time)
  • ora adv (at the present time)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • اَلان adv (at the present time)
  • اَکْنون adv (at the present time)
  • حالا adv (at the present time)
  • نون adv (at the present time)

Iraqi Arabic

1 entries
  • هسه adv (at the present time)

Irish

3 entries
  • adrásta adv (at the present time)
  • anois adv (at the present time)
  • anois agus conj (since, because)

Istriot

1 entries
  • dieso adv (at the present time)

Italian

4 entries
  • adesso adv (at the present time)
  • mo adv (at the present time)
  • ora adv (at the present time)
  • ora intj (signal to begin)

Ivatan

1 entries
  • sichanguri adv (at the present time)

Japanese

4 entries
  • いざ adv ((word to introduce a point))
  • さて adv ((word to introduce a point))
  • じゃ adv ((word to introduce a point))
  • では adv ((word to introduce a point))

Kaitag

1 entries
  • гьана́ adv (at the present time)

Kambera

1 entries
  • nàhu adv (at the present time)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಈಗ adv (at the present time)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • ngeni adv (at the present time)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • terô adv (at the present time)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • кәзір adv (at the present time)
  • қазыр adv (at the present time)
  • қазір adv (at the present time)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ឥឡូវ adv (at the present time)
  • ឥឡូវនេះ adv (at the present time)

Korean

4 entries
  • 그런데 adv ((word to introduce a point))
  • 이제 adv (at the present time)
  • 자 adv ((word to introduce a point))
  • 지금 adv (at the present time)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • азыр adv (at the present time)

Laboya

1 entries
  • nehhe adv (at the present time)

Ladin

1 entries
  • śën adv (at the present time)

Ladino

1 entries
  • agora adv (at the present time)

Laki

1 entries
  • ئیسکە adv (at the present time)

Lao

1 entries
  • ດຽວນີ້ adv (at the present time)

Latin

2 entries
  • iam adv (at the present time)
  • nunc adv (at the present time)

Latvian

1 entries
  • tagad adv (at the present time)

Laz

1 entries
  • ჰაწი adv (at the present time)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • oua adv (at the present time)

Lingala

3 entries
  • sikasika adv (at the present time)
  • sikawa adv (at the present time)
  • sikoyo adv (at the present time)

Linngithigh

1 entries
  • kun adv (at the present time)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • dabar adv (at the present time)

Louisiana Creole

2 entries
  • astè adv (at the present time)
  • astœr adv (at the present time)

Lower Sorbian

4 entries
  • něnt adv (at the present time)
  • něnto adv (at the present time)
  • nět adv (at the present time)
  • něto adv (at the present time)

Luganda

1 entries
  • kati adv (at the present time)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • сега adv (at the present time)

Magahi

1 entries
  • 𑂃𑂎𑂢𑂱 adv (at the present time)

Maithili

1 entries
  • एखन adv (at the present time)

Malay

2 entries
  • kini adv (at the present time)
  • sekarang adv (at the present time)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഇപ്പോൾ adv (at the present time)

Maltese

1 entries
  • issa adv (at the present time)

Manchu

2 entries
  • ᠨᡝ adv (at the present time)
  • ᡨᡝ adv (at the present time)

Marathi

1 entries
  • आता adv (at the present time)

Miami

1 entries
  • noonki adv (at the present time)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • agora adv (at the present time)

Mizo

1 entries
  • tûnah adv (at the present time)

Mon

1 entries
  • လၟုဟ် adv (at the present time)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • одоо adv (at the present time)
  • ᠣᠳᠤ adv (at the present time)

Mwani

1 entries
  • sambi adv (at the present time)

Māori

1 entries
  • ināianei adv (at the present time)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • axcan adv (at the present time)

Navajo

1 entries
  • kʼad adv (at the present time)

Norman

4 entries
  • ach'teu adv (at the present time)
  • achteû adv (at the present time)
  • achteû maishî adv (at the present time)
  • auch't'haeure adv (at the present time)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • niha adv (at the present time)

Northern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 迦今 adv (at the present time)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • dál adv (at the present time)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • nå som conj (since, because)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • nå adv (at the present time)
  • nu noun (the present time)
  • nå noun (the present time)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • no adv (at the present time)
  • nå adv (at the present time)
  • no noun (the present time)
  • nå noun (the present time)

Occitan

1 entries
  • ara adv (at the present time)

Ojibwe

2 entries
  • aazhay adv (at the present time)
  • azhigwa adv (at the present time)

Old East Slavic

2 entries
  • нꙑнѣ adv (at the present time)
  • топере adv (at the present time)

Old English

1 entries
  • nū adv (at the present time)

Old French

2 entries
  • or adv (at the present time)
  • ore adv (at the present time)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • nú adv (at the present time)

Old Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਹੁਣਿ adv (at the present time)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • ныр adv (at the present time)

Pali

1 entries
  • adhunā adv (at the present time)

Pashto

2 entries
  • اوس adv (at the present time)
  • فی الحال adv (at the present time)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries
  • nau adv (at the present time)

Picard

1 entries
  • achteure adv (at the present time)

Pipil

2 entries
  • ashan adv (at the present time)
  • axan adv (at the present time)

Pirahã

1 entries
  • pi’í adv (at the present time)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • nu (nds) adv (at the present time)

Polish

4 entries
  • aktualnie adv (at the present time)
  • no adv ((word to introduce a point))
  • nynie adv (at the present time)
  • obecnie adv (at the present time)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • agora adv (at the present time)
  • agora que conj (since, because)
  • já que conj (since, because)
  • agora intj (signal to begin)

Prakrit

1 entries
  • 𑀅𑀳𑀼𑀡𑀸 adv (at the present time)

Pumpokol

1 entries
  • eń adv (at the present time)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ہُݨ adv (at the present time)
  • ਹੁਣ adv (at the present time)

Quechua

2 entries
  • kunan adv (at the present time)
  • ña adv (at the present time)

Romani

1 entries
  • akana adv (at the present time)

Romanian

1 entries
  • acum adv (at the present time)

Russian

4 entries
  • вот adv ((word to introduce a point))
  • ита́к adv ((word to introduce a point))
  • ну adv ((word to introduce a point))
  • ны́не adv (at the present time)

Samoan

1 entries
  • nei adv (at the present time)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • अधुना adv (at the present time)
  • इदा adv (at the present time)
  • इदानीम् adv (at the present time)
  • एतत्कालम् adv (at the present time)

Scots

1 entries
  • nou adv (at the present time)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • a-nis adv (at the present time)
  • an-dràsta adv (at the present time)
  • nis adv ((word to introduce a point))

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • sȁda adv (at the present time)
  • са̏да adv (at the present time)

Serrano

1 entries
  • amai adv (at the present time)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • දැන් adv (at the present time)

Slovak

4 entries
  • teraz adv (at the present time)
  • teraz intj (signal to begin)
  • moment noun (the present time)
  • teraz noun (the present time)

Slovene

1 entries
  • zdàj adv (at the present time)

Somali

1 entries
  • iminka adv (at the present time)

Southern Kurdish

2 entries
  • ئیسە adv (at the present time)
  • ئێرەنگە adv (at the present time)

Spanish

4 entries
  • agora adv (at the present time)
  • ahora adv (at the present time)
  • ahora bien adv ((word to introduce a point))
  • ahora conj (since, because)

Swahili

1 entries
  • sasa adv (at the present time)

Swedish

4 entries
  • nu adv (at the present time)
  • nu adv ((word to introduce a point))
  • nu när conj (since, because)
  • nu noun (the present time)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • ngayon adv (at the present time)
  • ngayon conj (since, because)
  • ngayon noun (the present time)

Tajik

4 entries
  • акнун adv (at the present time)
  • алон adv (at the present time)
  • ҳозир adv (at the present time)
  • ҳоло adv (at the present time)

Talysh

1 entries
  • الان adv (at the present time)

Tamil

1 entries
  • இப்போது adv (at the present time)

Tatar

2 entries
  • инде adv (at the present time)
  • хәзер adv (at the present time)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఇప్పుడు adv (at the present time)

Tetum

1 entries
  • agora adv (at the present time)

Thai

2 entries
  • บัดนี้ adv (at the present time)
  • เดี๋ยวนี้ adv (at the present time)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ሕጂ adv (at the present time)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • ñake adv (at the present time)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • nau adv (at the present time)

Tonga (Zambia)

1 entries
  • eno noun (the present time)

Tongan

1 entries
  • taimini adv (at the present time)

Tumbuka

1 entries
  • sono adv (at the present time)

Turkish

4 entries
  • şimdi adv (at the present time)
  • şimdi adv ((word to introduce a point))
  • dan conj (since, because)
  • den conj (since, because)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • häzir adv (at the present time)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • ам adv (at the present time)

Tày

2 entries
  • bạt nẩy adv (at the present time)
  • cà này adv (at the present time)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • али adv (at the present time)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎓𐎚 adv (at the present time)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • зараз adv (at the present time)
  • ни́ні adv (at the present time)
  • тепе́р adv (at the present time)

Upper Sorbian

4 entries
  • nět adv (at the present time)
  • nětk adv (at the present time)
  • nětkle adv (at the present time)
  • nětko adv (at the present time)

Urdu

4 entries
  • اَب adv (at the present time)
  • اَبھی adv (at the present time)
  • اَدُھنا adv (at the present time)
  • اَکْنُون adv (at the present time)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئەمدى adv (at the present time)
  • ھازىر adv (at the present time)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • endi adv (at the present time)
  • hozir adv (at the present time)

Venetan

1 entries
  • adeso adv (at the present time)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • bây giờ adv (at the present time)
  • hiện tại adv (at the present time)

Volapük

1 entries
  • nu adv (at the present time)

Votic

1 entries
  • nüd adv (at the present time)

Walloon

1 entries
  • asteure adv (at the present time)

Welsh

2 entries
  • nawr adv (at the present time)
  • rŵan adv (at the present time)

Wolof

1 entries
  • léegi adv (at the present time)

Wu Chinese

2 entries
  • 乃 adv (at the present time)
  • 現在 /现在 adv (at the present time)

Yakut

1 entries
  • аны adv (at the present time)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • איצט adv (at the present time)
  • סייטשאַס adv (at the present time)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries
  • beora adv (at the present time)

Zazaki

3 entries
  • enewke adv (at the present time)
  • newke adv (at the present time)
  • nıka (diq) adv (at the present time)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • seizneix adv (at the present time)

Sample sentences

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Muiriel is 20 now.

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If the world weren't in the shape it is now, I could trust anyone.

Source: tatoeba (1319)

I can't tell her now. It's not that simple anymore.

Source: tatoeba (1370)

Uh, now it's really weird...

Source: tatoeba (1411)

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