current
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a flow of electricity through a conductor
the current was measured in amperes
Types & categories
- electrical phenomenon hypernym
- juice hyponym
- thermionic current hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
occurring in or belonging to the present time
current events
Related & opposite
- modern also see
- new also see
- noncurrent antonym
- currentness attribute
- currentness derivation
- actual similar to
- afootp similar to
- circulatinga similar to
- present-daya similar to
- incumbent similar to
- live similar to
- live similar to
- occurrent similar to
- ongoing similar to
- on-linea similar to
- topical similar to
- up-to-date similar to
- latest similar to
Sense 3 noun
a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
the raft floated downstream on the current
Types & categories
- flow hypernym
- tidal flow hyponym
- rip current hyponym
- undertide hyponym
- violent stream hyponym
- eddy hyponym
- whirlpool hyponym
- ocean current hyponym
Related & opposite
- well out derivation
Sense 4 noun
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
two streams of development run through American history
Types & categories
- course hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | electrical phenomenon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | juice |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thermionic current |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | modern |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | new |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | noncurrent |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | currentness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | currentness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | actual |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | afootp |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | circulatinga |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | present-daya |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | incumbent |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | live |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | live |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | occurrent |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ongoing |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | on-linea |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | topical |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | up-to-date |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | latest |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | well out |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | flow |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tidal flow |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rip current |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | undertide |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | violent stream |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | eddy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | whirlpool |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ocean current |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | course |