current
adjective
[ ˈkʌr(ə)nt ]
• belonging to the present time; happening or being used or done now.
• "keep abreast of current events"
Similar:
contemporary,
present-day,
present,
contemporaneous,
ongoing,
topical,
in the news,
live,
alive,
happening,
burning,
modern,
latest,
popular,
fashionable,
in fashion,
in vogue,
up to date,
up to the minute,
de nos jours,
trendy,
now,
in,
current
noun
• a body of water or air moving in a definite direction, especially through a surrounding body of water or air in which there is less movement.
• "ocean currents"
Similar:
steady flow,
stream,
backdraught,
slipstream,
airstream,
thermal,
updraught,
draught,
undercurrent,
undertow,
tide,
• a flow of electricity which results from the ordered directional movement of electrically charged particles.
• "this completes the circuit so that a current flows to the lamp"
• the general tendency or course of events or opinion.
• "the student movement formed a distinct current of protest"
Similar:
course,
progress,
progression,
flow,
tide,
movement,
trend,
drift,
direction,
tendency,
swing,
tenor,
Origin:
Middle English (in the adjective sense ‘running, flowing’): from Old French corant ‘running’, from courre ‘run’, from Latin currere ‘run’.
