nowadays

Adverb

• in these times
  • it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished- Nancy Mitford
    
  • we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets
    
  • today almost every home has television
    

Noun

• the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
  • that is enough for the present
    
  • he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  now , today , present