n. 25B6; adjective
current events : CONTEMPORARY, present-day, modern, present, contemporaneous; topical, in the news, live, burning.
the idea is still current : PREVALENT, prevailing, common, accepted, in circulation, circulating, on everyone's lips, popular, widespread.
a current driving licence : VALID, usable, up to date.
the current prime minister : INCUMBENT, present, in office, in power; reigning.
past, out of date, former.
25B6; noun
a current of air : FLOW, stream, backdraught, slipstream; airstream, thermal, updraught, draught; undercurrent, undertow, tide.
the current of human life : COURSE, progress, progression, flow, tide, movement.
the current of opinion : TREND, drift, direction, tendency.