Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

The Present Time

Nouns
  • the present, the present time, the present day, the present moment, the present juncture, the present occasion
  • the times, the existing time, the time being
  • today, these days, nowadays, our times, modern times, the twentieth century
  • nonce, crisis, epoch, day, hour. age, time of life.
Adjectives
  • present, actual, instant, current, existing, extant, that is
  • present-day, up-to-date, up-to-the-moment.
Adverbs
  • at this time, at this moment etc. [Point of time] Instantaneity
  • at the present time etc. n.
  • now, at present
  • at hand. at this time of day, today, nowadays
  • already
  • even now, but now, just now
  • on the present occasion
  • for the time being, for the nonce
  • on the nail, on the spot
  • on the spur of the moment, until now
  • to this day, to the present day.
Phrases
  • the present hour alone is man's" [Johnson].