Synonyms for now then
| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : nou |
| Phonetic Transcription : naÊŠ |
Top 10 synonyms for now then
- almost never
- alternate
- alternately
- arrested
- as a rule
- as is the custom
- as is usual
- as usual
- at intervals
- at irregular intervals
- at times
- broken
- by and large
- by bits and pieces
- checked
- cyclic
- cyclical
- discontinuing
- discontinuous
- discontinuously
- epochal
- ever and again
- ever and anon
- ever so often
- evermore
- every once in a while
- every other
- extra
- extraordinarily
- extremely
- finely
- fluctuating
- from time to time
- generally
- habitually
- hardly
- hardly ever
- here and there
- hit-or-miss
- in few instances
- in the main
- inconstantly
- infrequent
- infrequently
- intermittently
- interrupted
- irregularly
- isochronal
- isochronous
- iterant
- iterative
- little
- mainly
- metrical
- more often than not
- most often
- mostly
- naturally
- normally
- not often
- not regularly
- notably
- now and again
- now and then
- occasional
- occasionally
- oddly
- off and on
- oft
- often
- on and off
- on occasion
- on rare occasions
- on the whole
- on-and-off
- once and again
- once in a blue moon
- once in a while
- once in blue moon
- once or twice
- ordinarily
- particularly
- peculiarly
- per usual
- periodic
- periodical
- periodically
- punctuated
- rarely
- recurrent
- recurrently
- recurring
- regularly
- remarkably
- rhythmic
- rhythmical
- routinely
- scarcely
- scarcely ever
- seasonal
- seldom
- serial
- shifting
- singularly
- sometimes
- sparingly
- spasmodic
- sporadic
- sporadically
- stop-and-go
- strangely
- typically
- uncertainly
- uncommon
- uncommonly
- unfrequently
- unoften
- unusually
- vacillating
- variable
- variably
- very
- very seldom
- when the mood strikes
Définition of now then
Origin :- Old English nu "now, at present, immediately; now that," also used as an interjection and as an introductory word; common Germanic (cf. Old Norse nu, Dutch nu, Old Frisian nu, German nun, Gothic nu "now"), from PIE *nu "now" (cf. Sanskrit and Avestan nu, Old Persian nuram, Hittite nuwa, Greek nu, nun, Latin nunc, Old Church Slavonic nyne, Lithuanian nu, Old Irish nu-). Perhaps originally "newly, recently," and related to the root of new.
- Often merely emphatic; non-temporal usage (cf. Now, then) was in Old English. The adjective meaning "up to date" first recorded 1967, but the word was used also as an adjective in Middle English with the sense "current" from late 14c. Now and then "occasionally" is from 1530s; now or never attested from 1550s.
- As in intermittent : adj irregular, sporadic
- As in on-again, off-again : adj intermittent
- As in now and then : adv once in a while
- As in off and on : adv intermittently
- As in on and off : adv intermittently
- As in rarely : adv not often; exceptionally
- As in sometimes : adv every now and then
- As in uncommonly : adv infrequently
- As in usually : adv for the most part
- As in infrequently : adv seldom
- As in ever and again : adv every now and then
- As in every now and then : adv occasionally
- As in on and off : adv intermittent
- As in once in awhile : adv every once in a while
- As in habitually : adv usually
- As in routinely : adv usually
- As in sporadically : adv infrequently
- As in typically : adv usually
Antonyms for now then
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