Entry Word: present

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 existing or in progress right now <I am very busy at the present moment>

Synonyms current, extant, ongoing, present-day

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

Near Antonyms done, ended, finished, over; ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, dated, fusty, musty, noncontemporary, obsolete, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out-of-date, outworn, passé; bygone, erstwhile, formerly

Antonyms ago, past; future

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

Synonyms attending

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

Phrases in attendance, on hand

Near Antonyms departed, gone, retired; nonexistent; AWOL, truant; dead, departed, lost, vanished; delayed, late, overdue, tardy

Antonyms absent, away, missing, out