current
1. a flow of electricity through a conductor (Freq. 11)
- the current was measured in amperes
• Syn:
electric current
• Hypernyms:
electrical phenomenon
• Hyponyms:
juice, thermionic current
2. a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) (Freq. 6)
- the raft floated downstream on the current
- he felt a stream of air
- the hose ejected a stream of water
• Syn:
stream
• Derivationally related forms:
stream (for: stream)
• Hypernyms:
flow, flowing
• Hyponyms:
tidal flow, tidal current, riptide, rip current, undertide,
undercurrent, torrent, violent stream, eddy, twist, whirlpool,
vortex, maelstrom, ocean current
3. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas (Freq. 1)
- two streams of development run through American history
- stream of consciousness
- the flow of thought
- the current of history
• Syn:
stream, flow
• Hypernyms:
course, line
occurring in or belonging to the present time (Freq. 17)
- current events
- the current topic
- current negotiations
- current psychoanalytic theories
- the ship's current position
• Ant:
noncurrent
• Similar to:
actual, afoot, underway, circulating, contemporary,
present-day, incumbent, live, occurrent, ongoing, on-going,
on-line, online, topical, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, latest
• See Also:
modern, new
• Derivationally related forms:
currency, currentness
• Attrubites:
currentness, currency, up-to-dateness
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