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Synonyms for current
Synonyms for current: flow and stream. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for current
- flownoun, in the sense "dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas"
- streamnoun, in the sense "a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)"
All two are filed under current's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
The current of history.
current in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The board disagreed about the current of the negotiations after the second offer fell through.
- She tried to explain the current of the argument before it drifted into unrelated grievances.
How it behaves: In this sense current usually appears as a singular noun after "the," often followed by "of" plus an abstract noun such as history, opinion, or debate.
The true synonym
flow
Same sentence, swapped: The flow of history.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- stock
- latest
- quarter
a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
The raft floated downstream on the current.
The true synonym
stream
Same sentence, swapped: The raft floated downstream on the stream.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot current is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- discharge
- dripping
- stock
Where current turns up in the game
current is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where current is the trap
- acceptedadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is recognized, in the sense "generally approved or compelling recognition", and current is on the board beside it.
- advanceadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is beforehand, in the sense "being ahead of time or need", with current sitting one tile away.
- averageadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is medium, in the sense "around the middle of a scale of evaluation", and current is on the board beside it.
- torrentnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is deluge, in the sense "a fast-moving, violent stream of water", with current sitting one tile away.
Play current
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so current reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because groups and collections is the company current keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. current carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.