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current

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of current

1 accepted, used, or practiced by most people

current wisdom on parenting favors allowing children lots of self-expression

Synonyms of current

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

Words Related to current

average, common, everyday, normal, ordinary

regular, routine

epidemic, ubiquitous, universal, widespread

accustomed, wonted

fashionable, in, modish, stylish

Near Antonyms of current

abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, uncommon

Antonyms of current

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

Synonyms of current

contemporary, designer, hot, mod, modern, modernistic, new, new age, new-fashioned, newfangled, present-day, red-hot, space-age, state-of-the-art, ultramodern, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute

Words Related to current

fashionable, happening, in, modish, nouvelle, now, stylish

modernized, updated

futuristic, high-tech (also hi-tech)

latter-day, recent

Near Antonyms of current

aged, age-old, ancient, antediluvian, hoary, old, venerable

bygone, former, late, olden, past

antique, historic, historical

retro, retrograde

kaput (also kaputt), obsolete, outmoded, outworn, unmodernized

discarded, disused, moth-eaten

forgotten, remote

ageless, dateless, timeless

Antonyms of current

antiquated, archaic, dated, fusty, musty, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out-of-date, passé

3 existing or in progress right now

the current fund-raising effort

Synonyms of current

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

Words Related to current

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 of current

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antiquated, antique, archaic, dated, fusty, musty, noncontemporary, obsolete, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out-of-date, outworn, passé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

current

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of current

1 a prevailing or general movement or inclination

the currents of fashion are always changing

Synonyms of current

direction, drift, leaning, run, tendency, tide, trend, wind

Words Related to current

curve, downside, shift, swing, turn, turnabout, upside

custom, habit, propensity, tenor, way

countercurrent, countertrend

undercurrent, undertow

2 noticeable movement of air in a particular direction

curtains that were being lightly lifted by a fresh current from the open window

Synonyms of current

Words Related to current

blast, blow, flurry, gale, gust, headwind, squall, tailwind, tempest, tornado, windstorm

breath, breeze, puff, waft, zephyr

Synonym Discussion of current

tendency, trend, drift, tenor, current mean movement in a particular direction. tendency implies an inclination sometimes amounting to an impelling force.

- a general tendency toward inflation

trend applies to the general direction maintained by a winding or irregular course.

- the long-term trend of the stock market is upward

drift may apply to a tendency determined by external forces

- the drift of the population away from large cities

or it may apply to an underlying or obscure trend of meaning or discourse.

- got the drift of her argument

tenor stresses a clearly perceptible direction and a continuous, undeviating course.

- the tenor of the times

current implies a clearly defined but not necessarily unalterable course.

- an encounter that changed the current of my life

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