The circumstances and ideas of the present age:
— In modern times like these.

synonyms: contemporary world, modern world, present times.

Roget 118: the present, the present time, the present day, the present moment, the present juncture, the present occasion; the times, the existing time, the time being; today, these days, nowadays, our times, modern times, the twentieth century; nonce, crisis, epoch, day, hour.    age, time of life.    ... show more