Current
Current adjective - Being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles.
Usage example: current therapies for treating cancer have success rates that were undreamed of only a few decades ago
Now is a synonym for current in contemporary topic. In some cases you can use "Now" instead an adjective "Current", when it comes to topics like present, time, trendy. informal substitute
Now
Now adjective - Keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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As time has gone on, however, Blu-ray has matured, and HDTVs are now very common in households, and virtually all current media is shot in HD.
Source: Useful Notes / Blu-ray -
The current favorite in hard sci-fi is Helium-3 believed by many to be the fuel of choice for those nifty fusion reactors that should be perfected any time now.
Source: Unobtainium -
And by now, nearly every player plays multiple characters at the same time, even if only one of them is in their current avatar, taking this trope Up to Eleven.
Source: Roleplay / We Are Our Avatars
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Now and Current. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/current/now
Current & Now. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/current/now>.
Now or Current. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/current/now.
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