Definition for Nowadays:

• the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; " that is enough for the present"; " he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"

Synonyms for Nowadays:

• adj.

  •present (adjective)
  • contemporary,
  • instant,
  • modern,
  • for the time being,
  • in duration,
  • immediate,
  • already,
  • extant,
  • under consideration,
  • topical,
  • being,
  • going on,
  • present-day,
  • Begun,
  • even now,
  • prompt,
  • current,
  • started,
  • Commenced,
  • ad hoc,
  • coeval,
  • contemporaneous,
  • in process,
  • existent,
  • up-to-date.
  •present-day (adjective)
  • existing,
  • new.

• adv.

  •all (adverb)
  • nowadays,
  • today.
  •presently (adverb)
  • without delay,
  • shortly,
  • ANON.

• n.

  •
  • at this juncture,
  • these days,
  • at the moment,
  • in the present age,
  • in this age.
  •
  • time.

• Other synonyms:

  •adv
  • before long,
  • now,
  • presently,
  • by and by,
  • down the road,
  • before you know it,
  • down the line,
  • down the pike,
  • in a short time,
  • pretty soon.
  •Other relevant words:
  • age,
  • epoch,
  • interval,
  • period of time,
  • present,
  • span,
  • time period,
  • period.

Paraphrases for Nowadays:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    days.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    DANES.
  • Adverb
    recently, lately, anymore, henceforth.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    modern-day.
  • Proper noun, singular
    currently.
  • Noun, plural
    currently.
  • Adverb
    currently.

Antonyms for Nowadays:

• adj.

  • present
    distant, previous, former, absent, old, away, old-fashioned, late, far.

• adv.

  • now
    past, later, future, eventually.
  • presently
    never.
  • Other antonyms:
    farthest, previously, hitherto, ago, once, before, heretofore, long, remotest, formerly, then.

Nowadays Sentence Examples:

• Nobody does it like that nowadays.

• And, besides, one nowadays had not time for hunting.

Hypernym for Nowadays:

• n.

  • time
    moment, today, now, date, time being, here and now, tonight, present moment, nonce.

Hyponym for Nowadays:

• n.

  • time
    time.