Entry Word: current

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 accepted, used, or practiced by most people <the current theories on parenting favor allowing children lots of self-expression>

Synonyms conventional, customary, going, popular, prevailing, prevalent, standard, stock, usual

Related Words average, common, everyday, normal, ordinary; regular, routine; ubiquitous, universal, widespread; accustomed, wonted; fashionable, in, modish, stylish

Near Antonyms abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, uncommon

Antonyms nonstandard, unconventional, unpopular, unusual

2 being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles <current therapies for treating cancer have success rates that were undreamed of only a few decades ago> — see modern
3 existing or in progress right now <the current fundraising effort> — see present 1