current

Plural: currents

Noun

• A continuous, directed movement of water, air, or electricity.
• 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.

Examples

• current affairs
• current bill
• current bills and coins
• current events
• current fashions
• current leaders
• current negotiations
• current shock
• He felt a strong CURRENT guiding his hand to place the seven-letter word perfectly.

Synonyms

electric current, flow, stream, a la mode/à la mode, all the rage, chic, contemporary, cool, current, dapper, done, elegant, fashionable, 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, styleworthy, stylish, tasteful, tendency, tippy, trendy, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, voguish, with-it, zhoosh

Antonyms

noncurrent, fashionable, future, out-of-date, past, unfashionable

Related Words

course, currency

Anagrams of current