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Defenition of the word current

    • Defenition of the word current

      • A body of air, water, etc. that moves in a definite direction.
      • The flow of electrons through a conductor caused by a potential difference.
      • A tendency or a course of events.
      • Of short expected duration (usually less than one year).
      • Being or existing at the present moment.
      • Existing or occurring at the moment.
      • Generally accepted, used or practiced at the moment.
      • Generally reported or known.
      • (Of money) Acceptable as a medium of exchange.
      • Belonging to the current period of time.
      • occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"
      • a flow of electricity through a conductor; "the current was measured in amperes"
      • a steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"
      • dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas: "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
      • dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
      • occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship''s current position"
      • a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
      • dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
      • a flow of electricity through a conductor
      • occurring in or belonging to the present time

    Synonyms for the word current

      • contemporary
      • electric current
      • existing
      • flow
      • in progress
      • modern
      • present
      • recent
      • stream
      • tide
      • undercurrent
      • up to date

    Similar words in the current

      • actual
      • afoot
      • afoot(p)
      • circulating
      • circulating(a)
      • contemporary
      • current
      • currently
      • currents
      • in progress
      • in progress(p)
      • incumbent
      • latest
      • live
      • modern
      • new
      • on-line
      • on-line(a)
      • ongoing
      • present-day
      • present-day(a)
      • prevailing
      • prevalent
      • rife
      • topical
      • underway
      • up-to-date
      • up-to-the-minute

    Hyponyms for the word current

      • eddy
      • juice
      • maelstrom
      • ocean current
      • rip current
      • riptide
      • thermionic current
      • tidal current
      • tidal flow
      • torrent
      • twist
      • undercurrent
      • undertide
      • violent stream
      • vortex
      • whirlpool

    Hypernyms for the word current

      • course
      • electrical phenomenon
      • flow
      • flowing
      • line
      • surname

    Antonyms for the word current

      • noncurrent

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