current

Meanings

Plural: currents

Noun

• a flow of electricity through a conductor
  • "the current was measured in amperes"
• a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
  • "the raft floated downstream on the current"
• dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
  • "the current of history"
• The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
• The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current.
• The amount of electric charge flowing in each unit of time.
• A tendency or a course of events.

Adjective

• occurring in or belonging to the present time
  • "current events"
  • "the current topic"
  • "current negotiations"
  • "current psychoanalytic theories"
  • "the ship's current position"

Adj

• Existing or occurring at the moment.
• Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment; having currency.
• Electric; of or relating to electricity.
• Running or moving rapidly.

Synonyms

a la mode/à la mode, all the rage, chic, contemporary, cool, current, dapper, done, electric current, elegant, fashionable, flow, groovy, happening, hep, hip, hodiern, in, in fashion, jaunty, modern, modish, natty, on fleek, on trend, pizazzy, present, present-day, prevailing, prevalent, rife, smart, snazzy, speeding, spiffing, spiffy, stream, styleworthy, stylish, tasteful, tendency, tippy, trendy, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, voguish, with-it, zhoosh

Antonyms

fashionable, future, noncurrent, out-of-date, past, unfashionable

Related Words

course, currency

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