present

present

adjective

Definition of PRESENT

1

existing or in progress right now <I am very busy at the present moment>

Synonyms current, extant, immediate, instant, ongoing, present-day

Related Words contemporary, mod, modern, modernistic, new, newfangled, new-fashioned, recent, red-hot, space-age, supermodern, ultramodern, up-to-date; being, breathing, existent, existing, living

Near Antonyms coming, future, unborn; completed, concluded, done, ended, finished, over, terminated, through, up; ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, dated, fusty, musty, noncontemporary, obsolete, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out-of-date, outworn, passé; ago, bygone, erstwhile, former, past

2

being within the confines of a specified place <all of you are required to be present for every meeting>

Synonyms attending, in

Related Words accompanying, observing, participating; available; abounding; latent; breathing, existent, existing, extant, live

Phrases at hand, in attendance, on hand

Near Antonyms departed, gone, retired; nonexistent; AWOL, truant; dead, deceased, defunct, demised; lost, vanished; belated, delayed, delinquent, late, overdue, tardy

Antonyms absent, away, missing, out