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Synonyms for current
ˈkɜr ənt, ˈkʌr-cur·rent

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Wiktionary3.0 / 1 vote

  1. currentnoun

    Synonyms:
    electric current, up-to-date, rife, prevalent, prevailing, fashionable, present, stream, tendency, flow

    Antonyms:
    past, unfashionable, future, out-of-date

  2. currentadjective

    The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction.

    Synonyms:
    stream, flow, tendency, electric current, prevalent, present, up-to-date, rife, fashionable, prevailing

    Antonyms:
    future, out-of-date, unfashionable, past

  3. currentnoun

    Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment.

    Synonyms:
    fashionable, up-to-date, present, prevalent, flow, electric current, stream, tendency, rife, prevailing

    Antonyms:
    future, past, out-of-date, unfashionable

  4. currentnoun

    A tendency or a course of events.

    Synonyms:
    electric current, stream, flow, tendency

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. current

    That is authentic which is true to the facts; that is genuine which is true to its own claims; as, authentic history; genuine money.

    A 'genuine' work is one written by the author whose name it bears; an 'authentic' work is one which relates truthfully the matters of which it treats. For example, the apocryphal Gospel of St. Thomas is neither 'genuine' nor 'authentic.' It is not 'genuine,' for St. Thomas did not write it; it is not 'authentic,' for its contents are mainly fables and lies.

    Trench On the Study of Words lect. vi, p. 189. [W. J. Widdleton]

    Authentic is, however, used by reputable writers as synonymous with genuine, tho usually where genuineness carries a certain authority. We speak of accepted conclusions, certain evidence, current money, genuine letters, a legitimate conclusion or legitimate authority, original manuscripts, real value, received interpretation, sure proof, a true statement, a trustworthy witness, a veritable discovery.

    Synonyms:
    accepted, accredited, authentic, authoritative, authorized, certain, genuine, legitimate, original, real, received, reliable, sure, true, trustworthy, veritable

    Antonyms:
    apocryphal, baseless, counterfeit, disputed, exploded, fabulous, false, fictitious, spurious, unauthorized

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 3 votes

  1. current

    Synonyms:
    running, prevalent, ordinary, present, popular, general, floating, exoteric, vulgar

    Antonyms:
    rejected, obsolete, exploded, confined, private, secret, esoteric

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. current, electric currentnoun

    a flow of electricity through a conductor

    "the current was measured in amperes"

    Synonyms:
    stream, flow, electric current

    Antonyms:
    superannuated, obsolescent, outdated, disused, out-of-date, dead, noncurrent, back(a), obsolete

  2. current, streamnoun

    a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)

    "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"

    Synonyms:
    stream, watercourse, flow, electric current

    Antonyms:
    superannuated, back(a), obsolescent, disused, out-of-date, noncurrent, outdated, dead, obsolete

  3. stream, flow, currentadjective

    dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

    "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"

    Synonyms:
    rate of flow, catamenia, flowing, period, menstruation, menstruum, menses, flow, watercourse, flow rate, electric current, stream

    Antonyms:
    dead, back(a), noncurrent, obsolete, superannuated, obsolescent, disused, outdated, out-of-date

  4. currentadjective

    occurring in or belonging to the present time

    "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"

    Antonyms:
    superannuated, obsolete, outdated, dead, back(a), noncurrent, disused, obsolescent, out-of-date

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. currentadjective

    Synonyms:
    common, general, popular, rife, generally received, in every one's mouth

  2. currentadjective

    Synonyms:
    circulating (as money), passing from hand to hand

  3. currentadjective

    Synonyms:
    present, existing, instant, now passing

  4. currentnoun

    Synonyms:
    stream, moving fluid

  5. currentnoun

    Synonyms:
    tide, running water

  6. currentnoun

    Synonyms:
    course, progression

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. currentadjective

    Synonyms:
    present, instant, circulating, rife

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How to use current in a sentence?

  1. William Schaffner:

    Our current ability to determine whether Michael Osterholm particular patient has this new strain is very limited, and so this really reinforces the notion that other countries have much more capacity to do this than we do.

  2. Chung Sye-kyun:

    The government is planning to extend the current distancing levels and anti-virus standards as they are until the Lunar New Year holidays end, the third COVID-19 wave, which had temporarily slowed, is again threatening our daily lives following the group infections from the missionary institutes.

  3. Tony Abbott:

    Australia is an energy super power and energy security is very important to Ukraine, particularly given its current vulnerability to supply.

  4. French Health Minister Marisol Touraine:

    The tests were carried out in compliance with current regulations.

  5. Lakshheish M Patel:

    Stock market exchange sees that greedy ordinary people are getting inside seeing 40-85% downfall of share price and therefore SENSEX and NIFTY will not rise for sure. Many stock price was artificially balooned by their corrupt management and even at current level it is very high and may even further go down 40% low


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