until now

Questions about until now

What does until now mean?

until now means "used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time".

What is another word for until now?

Close synonyms include so far, thus far, up to now, hitherto, heretofore. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is until now a common word?

until now is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for until now come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.