current

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. common, prevalent, present, in vogue, prevailing; accepted, abroad, rife; existing, circulating, rumored. See publication, generality, news. —n. stream, flow; movement, tendency; draft. See wind, water, direction, course. Ant., passé, out of date.

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(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. prevailing, contemporary, in fashion; see fashionable , modern 1 , popular 3 , prevailing .

See Synonym Study at prevailing . n.

Syn. drift, tidal motion, ebb and flow, course; see flow , tide .

See Synonym Study at tendency .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

flow, course, stream, rush, run, tide, river, flux, draft.

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a.

contemporary, present, now, present-day, modern, up-to-date, in vogue, prevalent, in progress, fashionable, *cutting edge, *leading edge.

ANT.: past, bygone, historical, old, dated

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Characteristic of recent times or informed of what is current: au courant, contemporary, mod, modern, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute. See KNOWLEDGE, NEW. 2. In existence now: contemporary, existent, existing, new, now, present1, present-day. See TIME. 3. Most generally existing or encountered at a given time: predominant, prevailing, prevalent, regnant, rife, widespread. See SPECIFIC. II noun Something suggestive of running water: drift, flood, flow, flux, rush, spate, stream, surge, tide. See MOVE.