Current

Quick meaning: Current is a noun meaning The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.

Meaning

The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.

More Meanings

1. The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current.
2. (electricity) Ellipsis of electric current.
3. A tendency or a course of events.
4. Existing or occurring at the moment.
5. Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment; having currency.
6. (South Asia) Electric; of or relating to electricity.
7. (obsolete) Running or moving rapidly.

Example Sentences

current events

current leaders

current affairs

current fashions

Word Forms

• currents
• currenter
• currentest

Synonyms for current

Depending on context, synonyms include flow, stream, tendency, present, contemporary, hodiern.

Antonyms for current

Common opposites include future, past, unfashionable, basic, cheugy, cringe.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flow, circulating, stream, afoot, underway, rife.

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