current

Speech parts

1. current - Noun

2. current - Adjective

3. Current - Proper noun

Meaning

Running or moving rapidly.

Now passing, as time; as, the current month.

Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history.

Commonly estimated or acknowledged.

Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.

A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity.

General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stream modern present course flow existing contemporary widespread ongoing prevalent prevailing circulating fashionable latest up-to-the-minute
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Antonyms

noncurrent old-fashioned neolithic rococo auld jurassic
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Hypernyms

line course flow flowing electrical phenomenon

Hyponyms

eddy whirlpool maelstrom juice twist vortex

Phrases with the word

go against the current swim against the current swim with the current go with the current stay current with stay current on

Examples

Temptations come on some people for the cleansing of previous sins, on other for the beautification of their current perfection, and on yet others, as preparation for things to come, except temptations, which are for the increase of a man's faith and virtue, as it was with Job. Maximus the Confessor

Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world. Euripides

He who wants to get to the source must swim against the current. Stanisław Jerzy Lec

Time runs like the river current. Faroese Proverb

Counterfeit coin passes current at night. Portuguese Proverb

Sleeping shrimp gets taken by the current. Puerto Rican Proverb

Close letter words and terms

currency units currency war currency-by-currency current abstract current account current accounts