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just now

ADJECTIVE
present
Synonyms
STRONGEST
current
STRONG
begun being coeval commenced contemporary instant modern nowadays prompt started today
WEAK
ad hoc already at this moment contemporaneous even now existent extant for the time being going on immediate in duration in process present-day topical under consideration up-to-date
Antonyms
STRONG
late old
WEAK
far former future past previous
ADJECTIVE
present-day
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contemporary modern
WEAK
ad hoc already at this moment begun being coeval commenced contemporaneous current even now existent existing extant for the time being going on immediate in duration in process instant new now nowadays prompt started today topical under consideration up-to-date
Antonyms
STRONGEST
old old-fashioned
ADVERB
already
Synonyms
STRONGEST
before earlier once previously then
WEAK
as of now at present before now but now by now by that time by the time mentioned by then by this time even now formerly heretofore in the past now up to now
Antonyms
STRONGEST
later
ADVERB
just
Synonyms
STRONG
barely hardly scarce scarcely
WEAK
a moment ago almost approximately at this moment by very little just a while ago lately nearly now presently recently right now
Antonyms
WEAK
indefinitely
ADVERB
lately
Synonyms
STRONG
latterly
WEAK
a short time ago afresh anew in recent times newly not long ago of late
Antonyms
WEAK
in the past old
ADVERB
latterly
Synonyms
STRONG
lately recently
WEAK
a short time ago afresh anew in recent times new newly not long ago of late
ADVERB
now
Synonyms
STRONGEST
today
STRONG
directly forthwith immediately instantly nowadays straightaway
WEAK
PDQ any more at once at the moment at this moment at this time away first off here and now in a minute in a moment in nothing flat instanter like now momentarily on the double promptly pronto right away right now soon these days this day
Antonyms
STRONG
eventually later
WEAK
future past
ADVERB
now
Synonyms
WEAK
at the moment at this moment at this time here and now momentarily right now this day yet
Antonyms
WEAK
future later past
ADVERB
recently
Synonyms
STRONGEST
freshly newly
STRONG
lately latterly
WEAK
afresh anew in recent past in recent times just a while ago new not long ago of late short while ago the other day
Antonyms
WEAK
before later

Example Sentences

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“Equity markets are rightfully skittish just now, because all three factors are in play,” said Colas.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

"What you would give to be a player on that pitch just now," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

“We are just now figuring all that out.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

The saplings just now poking their needles into the sunlight, and hundreds more that we would only be able to be seen on our hands and knees, will grow and propagate, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

“Right, and just now I wasn’t asking you,” she said.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti