Synonyms for current
Another word for current is new, on-going or live. Below are 23 synonyms and 19 related words across 4 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: currents.
1. adjective: occurring in or belonging to the present time
- new synonyms
- on-going
- live synonyms
- on-line
- up to date synonyms
- online
- up-to-date synonyms
- present-day
- modern synonyms
- up-to-the-minute
- latest synonyms
- actual synonyms
- contemporary synonyms
- ongoing
- underway
- incumbent synonyms
- circulating
- topical
- afoot
- occurrent
Antonyms
- noncurrent
2. noun: a flow of electricity through a conductor
- electric current
3. noun: a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
- stream synonyms
4. noun: dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
- flow synonyms
- stream synonyms
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- juice
- electrical phenomenon
- thermionic current
- ocean current
- violent stream
- twist synonyms
- rip current
- flowing synonyms
- tidal current
- tidal flow
- eddy synonyms
- vortex synonyms
- torrent synonyms
- whirlpool
- maelstrom
- undercurrent
- riptide
- line synonyms
- course synonyms
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Questions people ask
What is another word for current?
You can say new, on-going, live, on-line or up to date instead of current. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "occurring in or belonging to the present time".
What is the opposite of current?
The opposite of current is noncurrent.
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