right now

adverb

1

: right away

2

: at present

Synonyms of right now

• currently
• now
• anymore
• today
• for the time being

Examples of right now in a Sentence

right now we are in the middle of a major home renovation

answer my question right now

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s other artists who cannot come back to perform right now. — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

That changes what is worth dreaming about, which is perhaps why some of the ideas attracting capital right now seem far-fetched. — Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026

Home recovery lab setups are all over social media right now, with fitness fans stacking saunas, cold plunges and red light panels in garages and spare rooms. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026

And so there’s a huge program right now with James Webb called the Cosmic Shoreline Program, which is to look at a group of planets which are Earth-sized in the habitable zones of their stars. — Quanta Magazine, 9 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for right now

• allow
• avow
• chiao
• endow
• eyebrow
• highbrow
• lanao
• meow
• powwow
• somehow
• anyhow
• carabao

Kids Definition

right now

adverb

1

: right away

2

: at the present time