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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

last, latest

modernized, updated

futuristic, high-tech (also hi-tech)

latter-day, recent
Near Antonyms of current

anachronistic

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

old-world

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antiquated, archaic, dated, fusty, musty, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out-of-date, passé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antique, archaic, dated, fusty, musty, noncontemporary, obsolete, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out-of-date, outworn, passé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

draft, wind
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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