Now
Now adverb - At the present time.
That instant and now are semantically related. In some cases you can use "That instant" instead an adverb "Now".
That instant
Now and that instant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Now" instead an adverb phrase "That instant".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- right and now
- right and that instant
- immediately and now
- immediately and that instant
- directly and now
- directly and that instant
- straight away and now
- straight away and that instant
- promptly and now
- promptly and that instant
- without delay and now
- without delay and that instant
- at once and now
- at once and that instant
Both terms in one sentence
- In the episode "The Queen is Wild", the Martian Queen, jilted by Dodgers on what was to be their wedding night, and now seeking her vengeance, has Dodgers's damaged ship in her sights and could finish him off in that instant.
Source: Jerkass / Western Animation
Cite this Source
That instant and Now. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/that_instant
Now & That instant. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/that_instant>.
That instant or Now. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/that_instant.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "now" and "that instant" have occurred on timeline