Definition for Current:

• A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity.

Synonyms for Current:

• adj.

  •accepted (adjective)
  • received.
  •contemporary; common (adjective)
  • in vogue,
  • in progress,
  • Doing,
  • hot,
  • prevailing,
  • trendy,
  • on front burner,
  • afoot,
  • swinging,
  • general,
  • in circulation,
  • in the news,
  • in use,
  • fad,
  • present-day,
  • instant,
  • rampant,
  • topical,
  • in the mainstream,
  • ongoing,
  • accustomed,
  • customary,
  • going around,
  • common knowledge.
  •effective (adjective)
  • in operation,
  • in force.
  •existent (adjective)
  • taking place.
  •fashionable (adjective)
  • modish,
  • in style,
  • trig,
  • Tony,
  • chic,
  • all the rage,
  • swank.
  •new (adjective)
  • avant-garde,
  • late-breaking,
  • recent,
  • novel.
  •now (adjective)
  • today's,
  • contemporaneous.
  •stylish (adjective)
  • style.

• n.

  •
  • now,
  • existing.
  •
  • air,
  • surge,
  • rush.
  •
  • flush.
  •current (noun)
  • incumbent,
  • underway,
  • on-line,
  • latest.
  •electricity (noun)
  • circuit card,
  • magnetism,
  • shock,
  • fm,
  • speaker,
  • juice,
  • processor,
  • direct current,
  • wattage,
  • alternating current,
  • negative,
  • transistor,
  • electronics,
  • electrode,
  • spark,
  • computer,
  • cathode,
  • resistor,
  • receiver,
  • megahertz,
  • radar,
  • impedance,
  • tweeter,
  • polarity,
  • discharge,
  • radio,
  • triode,
  • volt,
  • conductor,
  • resistance,
  • amplifier,
  • positive,
  • ic,
  • television,
  • monitor,
  • connection,
  • frequency,
  • electromagnetism,
  • transmitter,
  • capacitor,
  • crt,
  • microphone,
  • electrostatic,
  • tube,
  • memory,
  • capacitance,
  • induction,
  • charge,
  • ac,
  • anode,
  • circuit,
  • video,
  • insulator,
  • ohm,
  • motherboard,
  • kilohertz,
  • network,
  • watt,
  • voltage,
  • backplane,
  • diode,
  • cycle,
  • amperes.
  •flood (noun)
  • outpouring.
  •flow of something, usually water (noun)
  • draught,
  • ebb and flow,
  • jet.

• v.

  •reported (verb)
  • rumored.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • innocent,
  • active,
  • flux,
  • legit,
  • innocence,
  • legal,
  • progress,
  • puff,
  • aboveboard,
  • legally,
  • modern-day,
  • Breathable,
  • pressurized,
  • airless.
  •
  • eddy,
  • atmosphere,
  • alive,
  • spate,
  • channel,
  • already,
  • ozone,
  • drift,
  • maelstrom,
  • tide,
  • last,
  • mod,
  • vortex.
  •
  • airborne,
  • regnant,
  • existent.
  •
  • flood,
  • thin,
  • predominant.
  •
  • wash.
  •
  • stir.
  •
  • in.
  •
  • down.
  •effluence
  • outflow.
  •overflow
  • torrent.

Paraphrases for Current:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    currents, contemporary.
  • Proper noun, singular
    contemporary.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    recurrent.
  • Proper noun, singular
    recurrent.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    recurrent.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    present, existing, prevalent, existent, modern-day, current-account, frequent, recent, in-progress, concurrent, previous, then-current, mainstream, moment, normal, actual, conversant, urgent.
  • Proper noun, singular
    present, presents, existing, outlines, contracts, parameters, lists, topics, hosts, offers, Persons, objects, releases, recent, actual.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    stands, present, existing, mainstream, moment.
  • Verb, past tense
    constituted, Stood.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    exists, operates, applies, stands, existing.
  • Verb, base form
    present.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    topical.
  • Proper noun, singular
    currently.

Antonyms for Current:

• adj.

  • all
    noncurrent.
  • contemporary; common
    antiquated, old, uncontemporary, past, uncommon, old-fashioned.
  • Other antonyms:
    fabulous, anachronistic, unconventional, exploded, olden, discarded, up, baseless, hoary, historical, coming, extraordinary, over, ago, false, exceptional, completed, done, concluded, historic, counterfeit, forgotten, ended, unusual, abnormal, timeless, unpopular, apocryphal, unborn, through, finished, bygone, remote, unmodernized, terminated, fusty, passe, spurious, venerable, old fashioned, ageless, unauthorized, musty, disputed, future, kaput, nonstandard, fictitious.

Homophones for Current:

• chromate, craniata, caranday, coherent, churn out, chermidae, chromatid, craniate, crenated, case agreement, chironomidae, corn mayweed, cariamidae, carinate, carnot, cornet, cheese rind, coroneted, coronate, corn mint, crinoid, cremate, cairned, chromite, criminate, carinated, crannied, crinoidea, carnotite, charmed, co-occurrent, crenate, crowned head, coronet, crowned, corinth, creamy-white, cerement, caranda, currant, chagrined, car window, corned.

Hypernym for Current:

• n.

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

Hyponym for Current:

• n.

  • event
    flowing, flow.
  • phenomenon
    electrical phenomenon.