By now
Once upon a time and by now are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Once upon a time" instead an adverb phrase "By now".
Once upon a time
By now and once upon a time are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "By now" instead an adverb phrase "Once upon a time".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- before and by now
- before and once upon a time
- earlier and by now
- earlier and once upon a time
- previously and by now
- previously and once upon a time
- long ago and by now
- long ago and once upon a time
- formerly and by now
- formerly and once upon a time
- once and by now
- once and once upon a time
- already and by now
- already and once upon a time
Both terms in one sentence
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Emma Swan of Once Upon a Time is highly dubious about the idea that she's in a town full of amnesiac fairy-tale characters, but she's definitely realized by now that something's not right about the place, and definitely not right about the mayor.
Source: Agent Scully
Cite this Source
Once upon a time and By now. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/by_now/once_upon_a_time
By now & Once upon a time. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/by_now/once_upon_a_time>.
Once upon a time or By now. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/by_now/once_upon_a_time.
