Current — synonyms, current antonyms, definition

1. current (a)

accepted attendant avant-garde circulating common contemporary crisp existent existing fashionable fresh general green immediate in vogue last late latest modern modernistic • • •

2. current (Noun)

air blow breeze circling circuit circulation course density drift ebb electric current electricity flood flow flowing flurry flux juice motion power • • •

current (Noun) — A flow of electricity through a conductor. ex. "the current was measured in amperes"

current (Noun) — A steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes). ex. "the raft floated downstream on the current"

current (Noun) — Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas. ex. "the current of history"

course electrical phenomenon flow flowing line eddy eddy current juice maelstrom ocean current rip current riptide thermionic current tidal current tidal flow torrent twist undercurrent undertide violent stream vortex whirlpool

3. current (Adjective)

noncurrent

current (Adjective) — Occurring in or belonging to the present time. ex. "current events" ex. "the current topic" ex. "current negotiations" ex. "current psychoanalytic theories" ex. "the ship's current position"

current (Adjective) — Generally accepted or used at the moment.

currency currentness up-to-dateness