Now
Now adverb - On some occasions.
Usage example: goes now here, now there—all seemingly without plan or purpose
Oftentimes is an antonym for now.
Oftentimes
Oftentimes adverb - Many times.
Usage example: children oftentimes don't realize how quickly time passes
Now is an antonym for oftentimes.
Both words in one sentence
- Oftentimes some material is re-shot to better work with what now is a new version of the film (as a scene might be deleted, meaning info learnt from it is put into another scene).
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Kick Them While They Are Down: Sev, Scorch and Fixer will oftentimes verify that enemies are not Playing Possum by shooting them at point blank range.Sev: Now it's extra dead.
- The public's knowledge of what life was like back then is reasonably accurate, although oftentimes it's portrayed as even better than it was, as people living now can't imagine how you could possibly have troubles when you had all the food you could eat.
Source: The Beforetimes
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Oftentimes and Now. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/oftentimes
Now & Oftentimes. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/oftentimes>.
Oftentimes or Now. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/oftentimes.
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