Nowadays rhymes with:
ceredase, faraday's, holiday's, holidays, birthdays, ceredase, faraday's, holiday's, holidays, holliday's, hyundai's, hyundais, newsday's, sundae's, sunday's, sundays, traveldays, tuesdays, velagrande's, wednesdays, weekdays, workdays, yesterday's, yesterdays
Nowadays sounds like:
nadgwick, nadja, nantes, nantz, natasha, natasha's, natchez, natchez', natchez's, natec's, natick, nato's, nats, natsios, natzke, nautica, ned's, neddick, needs, neidigh, neitz, neitzke, nematodes, nemetz, nemitz, nendick, nets, netz, newedge, newmont's, newt's, newts, niedzwiecki, nieto's, nietzsche, nimitz, nimtz, nineties, nineties', ninety's, ninths, nitka, nitsa, nitsch, nitsche, nitschke, nitz, nitza, nitza's, nitze, nitzsche, nodes, nods, nomad's, nomadic, nomads, nominates, nontoxic, nonwhites, notch, notches, note's, notes, notes', notice, notices, notis, nots, nottage, notz, nudes, nudge, nudges, nut's, nuts