Back when
These days and back when are semantically related. In some cases you can use "These days" instead an adverb phrase "Back when".
These days
Back when and these days are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Back when" instead an adverb phrase "These days".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- forward and back when
- forward and these days
- late and back when
- late and these days
- in anticipation and back when
- in anticipation and these days
- previously and back when
- previously and these days
- long ago and back when
- long ago and these days
- formerly and back when
- formerly and these days
- once and back when
- once and these days
Both terms in one sentence
- Not really brought up these days, but back when he was The Lab Rat, Greg on CSI was a bit hardcore.
Source: Misfit Lab Rat -
Trendy and fashionable back when the movie was made but not so flattering these days.
Source: Unnecessary Makeover - Back when he was writing Wild CATS he created an antagonist known as T.A.O., but these days when somebody talks about this character it's probably in context of Ed Brubaker's Sleeper.
Source: My Real Daddy
Cite this Source
These days and Back when. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/back_when/these_days
Back when & These days. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/back_when/these_days>.
These days or Back when. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/back_when/these_days.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "back when" and "these days" have occurred on timeline