Now

Definition: Now

Now

Adverb

1. At the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now".

2. 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".

3. In the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port".

4. (prefatory or transitional) "Now the next problem is...".

5. Used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention".

6. Without delay; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!".

7. In the immediate past; "told me just now".

Noun

1. The momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "now" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

NOW

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Now

Money

Note, note of hand; promissory note, I O U; draft, check, cheque, back-dated check; negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW.

Crosswords: Now

Pidgin English (now), Sranan (at present, now).

So you don't have to pay me. Now leave me alone (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

Yes, but you needn't be concerned with that now. (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Well maybe we shouldn't be talking about this just now, with you barely home (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan)

Now it's time for all of us to get a taste (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson)

Now why don't you and I have a little supper (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce)

But it's all coming back to me now (It's all coming back to me now; performing artist: Celine Dion)

Cause, what the world needs now (Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now); performing artist: Cracker)

What the world needs now is love, sweet love, ("What the World Needs Now Is Love"; performing artist: Jackie DeShannon)

I wonder, who's cryin' now (WHO'S CRYIN NOW; performing artist: Journey)

This I know now (Ashes By Now; performing artist: Lee Ann Womack)

He is now fast rising from affluence to poverty. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Welcome to America… Now speak English. (references; author: unknown)

It's Been Lovely, But I Have To Scream Now. (references; author: unknown)

I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure. (references; author: unknown)

Hard work has future payoff. Laziness pays off now. (references; author: unknown)

Look at Us Now (1974)

Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now (1974)

Not Now Darling (1973)

Don't Look Now (1973)

Pay Later Touch Now (1973)

I'm Telling You Now (performing artist: Freddie and The Dreamers)

All Right Now (performing artist: Free)

This Girl Is a Woman Now (performing artist: Gary Puckett and the Union Gap)

If You Don't Know Me By Now (performing artist: Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes)

Now That We Found Love (performing artist: Heavy D. & The Boyz)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Now the Green Blade Rises: Poems (reference)

• Magic Eye II: Now You See It ...: 3d Illusions (reference)

• And Now a Few Laughs from Our Sponsor with CDROM (reference)

• The Gift of Time: The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Now (reference)

• Now & Then Abu Dhabi (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Bluegrass Now (reference)

• Business Now (reference)

• Europe Now (reference)

• Housing Now (reference)

• Housing Now - Alberta Ed (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Now and Then (reference)

• Now, Voyager (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• No Good for No One Now (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now (reference)

• Key Tronic 104-Key Keyboard Win95 At Lifetime Warranty Now with Ergo Tech (reference)

• NOW EVOLUTION EV-256MPN Portable MP3 Music Player ( Windows PC / Mac ) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Chow Now 8-piece Tableware Set - Funny Food Faces (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The R.A. Bloch Building, donated to the National Cancer Institute by several American businessmen is now the home of PDQ, an information service for physicians. The International Cancer Information Center (ICIC), the technical information office, and the JNCI staff. The building was dedicated in October 1983. The physician's data query, PDQ, is a new computerized information system developed by the National Cancer Institute to disseminate up-to-date information on cancer treatment. Using state-of-the-art computers, PDQ makes recent advances in cancer treatment readily available to physicians nationwide. Credit: Lew Bass (photographer).

A 10 year-old white girl is pictured here with her father in a swimming pool. She was diagnosed at age three with a form of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) that did not respond to therapy. She is presently in long-term remission after an experimental bone marrow transplant was performed. She now suffers from chronic GVH (Graft Versus Host Disease) which is rare. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Marble bust of Hygeia, Goddess of Health, which now stands in front of CDC Building 1 on Clifton Road. Dedicated in December, 1970. Sculpture. Credit: CDC.

Crowd waiting for oral polio vaccine in 1962. Today CDC now recommends that we give only the injectable vaccine because of the very small chance that the oral dose can lead to a polio infection. Credit: CDC.

In an area north of the city of Al-Basrah, Iraq, which borders Iran, a former wetland has been drained and walled off. Now littered with minefields and gun emplacements, it is a staging area for military exercises. Credit: NASA.

It is now official. Pizza can be delivered virtually anywhere. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Native trades boar for clothes and haircut Now the ship has a brand new crewman Photo #2 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The old Danish Customs House in downtown Christiansted, now maintained by the National Park Service. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The stilt village of Ukivok - this is now deserted. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Traveling in style with the gravity field party - Tent camps were now a thing of the past. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Thus in the beginning all the world was America, and more so than that is now; for no such thing as money was any where known. (Second Treatise of Government)

Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. (reference)

Clause 1: The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person. (reference)

Let us now take wage-labour. (reference)

Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-In-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for supressing said rebellion, do, on this 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the first day above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Palquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebone, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northhampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. (Abraham Lincoln)

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. (The Gettysburg Address)

Peter at Louvain, two of which are now in the Berlin Museum and two in the Old Pinakothek at Munich. (reference)

I will not lose faith now. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

We have now announced that such segregation is a denial of the equal protection of the laws. (reference)

The world is very different now. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Happily, it was now time to be gone

She faced me again now, having quite recovered her usual calmness of manner

It was old enough now, and dreary enough, for nobody lived in it but Scrooge, the other rooms being all let out as offices

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

They now felt themselves, at least, inhabitants of the same sphere

The wheels were still sinking and it had now become almost impossible for Madeleine to extricate himself

Even junglecats sit doon n huv a wee purr tae themselves now and again, like say, usually after they've likes devoured somebody

I will ask you now, all of you, to repeat after me the act of contrition, kneeling here in this humble chapel in the presence of God.

Now, in good time, here comes the Duke of York

And now the owner men grew angry

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

However, no cure now exists. (references)

Now your kidneys have stopped working. (references)

Studies are now being done to provide the answers. (references)

Business

Most now use incineration. (references)

NFFO is, however, now under review. (references)

That attitude is now changing, however. (references)

Children

China

The minimum age for adopting a healthy child is now set at 30 instead of 35. Some observers worry that the law, which became effective in 1999, may eliminate the age-based incentive for the adoption of children with special needs. (references)

Civil Liberties

South Africa

The station now has women on its board and also on the air. (references)

Burma

Burmese embassies now issue tourist visas, valid for 1 month, within 24 hours of application. (references)

Economic History

Rwanda

Tea is now Rwanda's largest export. (references)

Mauritius

The power plant is now operational. (references)

Hong Kong

Maturities now extend to ten years. (references)

Human Rights

Laos

Their detention without trial, now in its 3rd year, violates the 1-year statutory limit. (references)

Guatemala

Approximately 75 percent now work in the geographic area of their particular linguistic competency. (references)

Guatemala

In practice, however, many of the 9,376 former PN who are now serving in the PNC have not taken the course. (references)

Indigenous People

Botswana

Although the Baswara traditionally were hunter-gatherers, most Basarwa now are employed as agricultural workers on farms or at cattle posts belonging to other ethnic groups. (references)

El Salvador

Early in the 20th century, facing active repression, most indigenous people adopted local customs and successfully assimilated into the general population, from which they now are generally indistinguishable. (references)

Botswana

The Basarwa (also known as San), who now inhabit chiefly the Kalihari Desert, are the earliest known inhabitants of the country and were the only inhabitants until Bantu groups arrived during the 16th century. (references)

Minorities

Ethiopia

This drew protests from groups that reside in Oromiya whose mother tongue is not Oromiffa and who believe that their children are now at a disadvantage. (references)

Political Economy

ALGERIA

Several private banks now operate in Algeria. (references)

Austria

They form the government now along with the OVP. (references)

Political Rights

Bahrain

The percentage of women in government and politics does not correspond to their percentage of the population; however, there are now four women in the Majlis Al-Shura, whereas there had been none before. (references)

Trade

Bangladesh

Privately owned and operated EPZ's are now legal. (references)

Russia

By now the procedures are more or less worked out. (references)

Travel

Qatar

The project is now in the bidding stage. (references)

Tanzania

Airport departure tax is now US$ 30 instead of US $ 20. (references)

Qatar

Alcoholic drinks are now available at major hotels and clubs. (references)

Women

Qatar

Women largely are relegated to the roles of mother and homemaker, but some women are now finding jobs in education, medicine, and the news media. (references)

Mauritania

Experts previously estimated that between 60 and 70 percent of women experienced gavage but now conclude that very few Moor women continue to experience gavage. (references)

Niger

In July the National Assembly outlawed FGM; however, some observers believed the Government has not publicized sufficiently the fact that the practice is now a criminal act. (references)

Worker Rights

China

He now lives with his family under heavy guard in his residence near the monastery. (references)

China

Such "scholar monks" now must engage in income-generating activities at least part-time. (references)

Chile

This is expected to change now that the Labor Directorate may become a party to these cases. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Who is now captive

Flowing now

Expressions using "now": any day now ♦ any time now ♦ as from now ♦ as now ♦ at any moment now ♦ before now ♦ between now and then ♦ by now ♦ come now and then ♦ Ere now ♦ even now ♦ every now and again ♦ Every now and then ♦ for now ♦ from now ♦ from now on ♦ going now is out of the question ♦ Good now ♦ has now quite another meaning ♦ here and now ♦ i am off now ♦ i feel all right now ♦ i feel better now ♦ i'll do it right now ♦ it won't be long now ♦ just now ♦ not now ♦ now now ♦ now ... now ♦ NOW account ♦ now and again ♦ now and next ♦ now and now ♦ now and then ♦ now at erst ♦ now defunct ♦ now don't! ♦ now i am off! ♦ now i know him ♦ now is the time ♦ now it's all gone ♦ now now ♦ now now! ♦ now or never ♦ now ready ♦ now really! ♦ now show your mettle! ♦ now that ♦ now that i know it ♦ now that's a wise word! ♦ now the fat is in the fire ♦ now then ♦ now then! ♦ only now ♦ real Soon Now ♦ right now ♦ take a drop now and then ♦ the Denticete including the dolphins and sperm whale which have teeth Another suborder Zeuglodontia is extinct The Sirenia were formerly included in the Cetacea but are now made a separate order ♦ the question is now under deliberation ♦ then and now ♦ til now ♦ till now ♦ until now ♦ up to now ♦ up until now. Additional references.

Beginning with "now": now-a, now-abandoned, now-abed, now-abundant, now-accepted, now-ailing, now-and-then, now-as, now-banned, now-biddable, now-blushing, now-bottom, now-celebrated, now-classic, now-closed, now-collapsed, now-common, now-complex, now-conventional, now-crimson, now-customary, now-dead, now-defunct, now-deleted, now-demolished, now-derelict, now-destroyed, now-disbanded, now-discredited, now-disintegrating, now-dispersed, now-dissolved, now-distant, now-drowned, now-emerging, now-empty, now-estranged, now-expected, now-extinct, now-fabled, now-faded, now-familiar, now-famous, now-forgotten, now-giggling, now-gone, now-hushed, now-'i, now-identified, now-illegal, now-inactive, now-it-is, now-legendary, now-lost, now-moonless, now-notorious, now-now, now-obligatory, now-obvious, now-or-never, now-pop, now-rare, now-realized, now-regulation, now-reigning, now-retired, now-revolutionary, now-rotating, now-ruined, now-sensitised, now-sophisticated, now-sovereign, now-stagnant, now-standard, now-substantial, now-sullied, now-superior, now-they-work-and-now-they-don't, now-trademark, now-traditional, now-tragic, now-unfashionable, now-universal, now-vanished, now-visible, now-wetted, now-withdrawn, now-you, now-you-do, now-you-see-it, now-you-see-me-now-you-don't.

Ending with "now": by-now, here-and-now.

Containing "now": live-now-pay-later, speak-now-think-later, what-they-now-are, you-know-the-scent-now-try-the-bath-range.

Afrikaans

toe (as, closed, shut, then, to, toward, towards, well, well then, when), tans (at, at present), nou (at, at present). (various references)

Albanian

tash (at present), tani (at present, currently, just now, presently, this moment). (various references)

Arabic 

‏في هذه اللحظة, ‏حالا (anon, as soon as, at once, directly, forthright, forthwith, immediately, instantly, on the spot, outright, presently, promptly, readily, right away, right now, shortly, straight, straight away, without delay), ‏توا (forthright, forthwith, immediately, instantly, presently, promptly, right away, straight away), ‏على التو, ‏الآن (at present, here, inasmuch, just now, present, presently, yet). (various references)

Basque

orain. (various references)

Bulgarian 

сега когато, сега (actually, at present, nowadays, presently, these days, today, yet), тъй като (as, because, for, for as much as, forasmuch as, inasmuch as, seeing, since), времето за което става дума, веднага (anon, at once, directly, forthwith, immediately, incontinently, instantly, presently, promptly, pronto, readily, right, right away, straight off), настоящето, понеже (as, because, for, inasmuch as, since), де (where). (various references)

Catalan

ara (at present). (various references)

Chinese 

現今 (modern, nowadays), 今天 (at the present, today), 今朝 (at the present), 此刻 (at present, this moment), 此時 (this moment), 在眼前 (at the present), 今 (current, modern, present, this, today), 現 (appear, current, existing, present), 這會兒 , 現在 (at present, current, modern, nowadays, present), 眼下 (at present), 眼前 (present), 现在, 而今 (at the present), 這次 (current, present), 當今 (current, nowadays, present). (various references)

Croatian

sada. (various references)

Czech

nyní (at present, nowadays, this time), tehdy (then), tedy (accordingly, consequently, then, thus, why), teï když, teï, teď, právì (just, new, only just, very), přece (yet), hned (at once, immediately, in no time, offhand, very). (various references)

Danish

nu (at present), nå (well, well then). (various references)

Dutch

nu (at present, nu, well, well then), nou (at present, well, well then), wel (admittedly, all right, although, certainly, fountain, indeed, probably, quite, rather, rather allright, source, spring, surely, though, untranslated, well, well then, well-being), tja (well, well then), komaan (well, well then), enfin (well, well then). (various references)

Esperanto

nun (at present). (various references)

Estonian

nüüd. (various references)

Faeroese

nú (at present, well, well then), ná (well, well then), íðan (well, well then). (various references)

Farsi 

فعلا (Nonce), هان (Behold), حالا, اینک (Behold), اکنون (Present), دراین لحظه . (various references)

Finnish

nyt (at present). (various references)

French

maintenant. (various references)

French Canadian

maintenant. (various references)

Frisian

no't (at present), no (at present), wolno (well, well then), hawar (well, well then). (various references)

German

nun (at present, come on, then, well, well then), jetzt (at present, by now, currently, nowadays, presently), eben (even, exactly, flat, just, just now, level, planar, plane, precisely, simply, smooth). (various references)

Greek 

τώρα (currently). (various references)

Guarani

ko'ãgaitéma (already even now). (various references)

Haitian Creole

kounye, a (ah, at, on, the). (various references)

Hawaiian

tash (at present). (various references)

Hebrew 

עתה (at present, presently), עכשיו, כעת (at present), כאן (here, in this case), כה (here, so, that, thither, thus). (various references)

Hungarian

most (at present, at the moment, at the present time, for the time being, newly, on the present occasion, on this particular occasion, presently, this time), jelenleg (actually, at par, at present, at the moment, at the present time, currently, for the time being, on the present occasion, on this particular occasion, presently), hát (back, ridge, well, why), azonnal (anon, at once, at sight, forthwith, here and now, immediately, in no time, instantly, like smoke, on the spot, out of hand, outright, presently, promptly, pronto, right, right away, right off, straight away, straight off, straightaway, therewith, to deal with an emergency). (various references)

Icelandic

núna (at present), nú (at present). (various references)

Indonesian

waktu sekarang (indicative), sekarang (currenly), adapun (it so happens). (various references)

Irish

anois. (various references)

Italian

ora (at present, hour, in a minute, moment, period, shortly, time), ebbene (o.k., ok, okay, well), attualmente (at present, at the moment, currently, nowadays, presently), adesso (presently). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

今更 (at this late hour), 今 (immediately, just now, more, soon, the present time, this). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

いま (immediately, just now, living room, more, soon, the present time), もはや (already), もっか (at present, tacit approval), こん (deep blue, navy blue, soul, spirit, this), こんかい (lately, this time), こんぱん (recently, this time), こんど (another time, next time, this time), このせつ (recently, these days), このほど (at this time, lately, recently, the other day), このさい (on this occasion), はや (already, by this time, minnow, shinner), いざ (come, crucial moment, well), ナウ (trendy), いまや, いまでは (nowadays), いまさら (at this late hour), ほうこん (nowadays, present time), どれ (let me see, well, which), さて (then, well), さてさて (then, well), まず (about, almost, anyway, first, hardly, to start with, well), しゃ (borrowing, copy, describe, duplicate, gauze, house, hut, inn, mansion, photograph, picture, reproduce, then, trace, transcribe, well), そこで (accordingly, so, then, thereupon), このたび (at this time, this occasion). (various references)

Korean 

지금. (various references)

Lombard

giamò (already, by now, yet). (various references)

Luganda

kati. (various references)

Malagasy

izao. (various references)

Malay

sudah (already, by now, yet). (various references)

Manx

nishtagh, nish (at this time), chelleeragh (immediately, rightaway). (various references)

Norwegian

nå (at present). (various references)

Occitan

ara. (various references)

Papiamen

awor (at present, currently, nowadays, these days), awó (at present). (various references)

Pidgin English

now, na (I can, is, is it, it is). (various references)

Pig Latin

ownay.(various references)

Polish

no (well, well then), teraz (at present), obecnie (at present). (various references)

Portuguese

agora (at present, here, yet), ora (at present, nevertheless), já (already, anon, by now, ever, ready, yet). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

agora. (various references)

Quechua

kunanchu, kunan. (various references)

Romanian

acum (at once, at present), acuma (at present, go, ready, soon, steady, today). (various references)

Russian 

теперь (at present, now that, presently). (various references)

Scottish

nis (at this time), dràsda , an dràsda, an dràsta, an dràsda (at present), a nis (at present). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sadašnjica, sada (present: at present, presently). (various references)

Slovene

sedaj. (various references)

Spanish

ahora (at present, currently, heave up, nowadays, presently, these days), actualmente (actually, at present, at the present time, nowadays). (various references)

Sranan

noya (at present), now (at present), we (away, well, well then). (various references)

Swahili

sasa (at present), je (hey, say, well, well then). (various references)

Swedish

nu (at present, presently). (various references)

Tagalog

ngayon, ngayón (at present, today), na (already, by now, not translatable, with, yet). (various references)

Tahitian

nei. (various references)

Thai

เนื่องจาก (as, because of, due to, owing to, since), ตอนนี้ (just). (various references)

Turkish

şimdi (anon, at the present time, just, presently). (various references)

Turkmen 

юindi (still, yet), indi (following, next), hдzir (at present, ready). (various references)

Ukrainian

коли (as, if, in case, when, while, whilst), будь ласка (not at all, please, ta, you're welcome), а (and, eh), зараз (actually, all at once, anan, anon, by now, in a moment, presently), нині (actually, nowadays), нині існуючий, нинішній (current, nowaday, present), даний момент, в той момент, якщо (if, in case, providing, subject to), і ось, так ось (well now), тепер (currently, nowadays, presently), теперішній час (nowadays, present), тоді (as, on that, on this, then), раз (bout, once, time), ну (shoo, well). (various references)

Vietnamese 

ngay tức khắc, ngày nay ngay bây giờ, này (being), nào; thế nào, lập tức lúc ấy, giờ đây, hử thỉnh thoảng lúc thì... lúc thì, hãy... mà, hiện nay (being, current, present, present-day, presently), hiện tại (being, present), bây giờ, lúc này (present), trong tình thế ấy nay, mà (what, yet), trong hoàn cảnh ấy, lúc đó (then). (various references)

Welsh

nawr, yrŵan, yn awr, weithian (now at length), rw+an, bellach (at length), awron. (various references)

Xhosa

ngoku. (various references)

Yucatec

beora (at present). (various references)

Zulu

manje (at present), awu (well, well then). (various references)

iam, nunc. (various references)

adha, idha, nû, nûrãm, tûm. (various references)

nu. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "now": nowadays, noway, noways, nowhere, nowheres, nowhither, nowise, nowness, nownesses, nows, nowt, nowts. (additional references)

Words ending with "now": besnow, enow, erenow, foreknow, know, minnow, misknow, snow, topminnow, winnow. (additional references)

Words containing "now": acknowledge, acknowledged, acknowledgedly, acknowledgement, acknowledgements, acknowledges, acknowledging, acknowledgment, acknowledgments, besnowed, besnowing, besnows, enows, foreknowing, foreknowledge, foreknowledges, foreknown, foreknows, knowable, knower, knowers, knowing, knowinger, knowingest, knowingly, knowingness, knowingnesses, knowings, knowledge, knowledgeabilities, knowledgeability, knowledgeable, knowledgeableness, knowledgeablenesses, knowledgeably, knowledges, known, knowns, knows, minnows, misknowing, misknowledge, misknowledges, misknown, misknows, nanowatt, nanowatts, nonowner, nonowners, renown, renowned. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Now" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anow, enow, eow, iow, Naow, naq, Nasw, naw, nawr, nbo, nco, Ndow, Ndown, neiw, nelw, neq, nerw, Newc, newf, newo, newp, newx, ngo, nho, niq, niw, Niwa, niwe, nixw, njo, noa, Noc, Nof, noh, noi, nok, nol, noo, noog, nooh, nooi, noow, nopw, nopwc, noq, norw, nos, Notw, nou, nowa, nowe, nowl, nown, Nowr, nows, nowu, nowv, nowy, Noy, Noz, npo, Nugw, nuh, nuj, nuq, nutw, nuw, Nuwe, nvo, nwo, nyo, okw, onew, Onw, Onwe, Oow, ow, oww, Pno, unaw, zno, zow. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: own, won.

-1 letter: no, on, ow, wo.

+1 letter: down, enow, gown, know, lown, mown, nows, nowt, owns, snow, sown, town, wino, wonk, wons, wont, worn.

+2 letters: adown, blown, brown, clown, crown, downs, downy, drown, endow, enows, flown, frown, gowan, gowns, grown, indow, known, knows, nohow, noway, nowts, owing, owned, owner, owsen, rewon, rowan, rowen, shown, snows, snowy, swoon, sworn, swoun, towns, towny, unwon, wagon, winos, woken, woman, women, wonks, wonky, wonts, wound, woven, wrong.