Current definition
Current is a noun meaning "a flow of electricity through a conductor." It has 4 meanings, as a noun and an adjective, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- noun, adjective
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 7
- How common
- Everyday word
Current as a noun
a flow of electricity through a conductor
"the current was measured in amperes"
Same sense: electric current
a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
"the raft floated downstream on the current"
Same sense: stream
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
"the current of history"
Same sense: flow, stream
Current as an adjective
occurring in or belonging to the present time
"current events"
Synonyms and antonyms
- electric current
- stream
- flow
Opposite: noncurrent.
How to say current
Current has 2 syllables and rhymes with concurrent. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with current
- concurrent
- recurrent
- undercurrent
- crosscurrent
- intercurrent
CURRENT in word games
- Scrabble
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Anagrams
- 0
Is CURRENT a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check CURRENT in the word checker, or unscramble CURRENT to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.