Current and Oldfangled

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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

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Oldfangled is an antonym for current.

Nearby Words: currency, currently

Oldfangled adjective - Pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time.

Usage example: those big solid-iron phones are an oldfangled reminder of the time when you had to rent a phone from the telephone company

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Current is an antonym for oldfangled in topics: old-fashioned, antiquated.

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Oldfangled and Current. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/current/oldfangled

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