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Current

🔄 Synonyms of "Current"

16 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
contemporarynoun	Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).
rife	Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
flownoun	Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
prevalentnoun	Widespread or preferred.
streamnoun	Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
incumbentnoun	The current holder of an office or title; (specifically, Christianity) the holder of an ecclesiastical benefice.
liveverb	(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
prevailing	Prevalent, common, widespread.
ongoingnoun	Presently or currently happening; being in progress.
up-to-date	(before the noun, idiomatic) Current; recent; the latest.
topicalnoun	Relating to a topic or subject of current interest.
actualnoun	Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
latestnoun	Most recent.
underwaynoun	In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.
electric currentnoun	(electromagnetism) A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.
up-to-the-minute	including the very latest information

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
noncurrent	Not current.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
flownoun	Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
circulating	Moving about freely.
streamnoun	Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
afoot	(figurative) In motion; in action; astir; stirring; in progress.
electric currentnoun	(electromagnetism) A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.
underwaynoun	In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.
rife	Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
on-line	Dated spelling of online.
latestnoun	Most recent.
liveverb	(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
up-to-date	(before the noun, idiomatic) Current; recent; the latest.
up-to-the-minute	including the very latest information
prevailingverb	Prevalent, common, widespread.
present-day	In existence now; current or contemporary.
prevalentnoun	Widespread or preferred.
contemporarynoun	Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).
actualnoun	Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
topicalnoun	Relating to a topic or subject of current interest.
ongoingnoun	Presently or currently happening; being in progress.
incumbentnoun	The current holder of an office or title; (specifically, Christianity) the holder of an ecclesiastical benefice.