crosscurrent

crosscurrent
Synonyms and related words:
affluence, afflux, affluxion, air current, bucking, challenge, concourse, confluence, conflux, contention, contradiction, contraposition, contravention, contraversion, counteraction, counterbalance, counterblast, countercurrent, counterforce, counterinfluence, counterpoise, counterpressure, counterweight, counterworking, course, crossing, current, current of air, defluxion, denial, downdraft, downflow, downpour, draft, drift, driftage, fall wind, flow, flow of air, flowing, fluency, flux, following wind, foul wind, gush, head wind, impugnation, impugnment, indraft, inflow, inhalation, inrush, inspiration, jetstream, katabatic wind, mill run, millrace, monsoon, movement of air, negation, onrush, onward course, opposing, opposition, opposure, oppugnation, outflow, race, rebutment, rebuttal, refusal, rejection, resistance, run, rush, set, spate, standing against, stream, stream of air, surge, tail wind, tide, traversal, trend, undercurrent, undertow, updraft, water flow, wind

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  • crosscurrent — n. 1. a stretch of turbulent water in the sea. Syn: rip, riptide, tide rip. [WordNet 1.5] 2. a tendency or sentiment within a group which conflicts with that of the majority; often used in the plural. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crosscurrent — [krôs′kʉr΄ənt] n. 1. a current flowing at an angle to the main current 2. an opposing opinion, influence, or tendency …   English World dictionary

  • crosscurrent — UK [ˈkrɒsˌkʌrənt] / US [ˈkrɔsˌkʌrənt] noun [countable] Word forms crosscurrent : singular crosscurrent plural crosscurrents 1) a current that flows across the main current in a river or sea 2) something such as a belief, method, or tradition that …   English dictionary

  • crosscurrent — noun Date: 1598 1. a current running counter to the general forward direction 2. a conflicting tendency usually used in plural < political crosscurrents > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • crosscurrent — crosscurrented, adj. /kraws kerr euhnt, kur , kros /, n. 1. a current, as in a stream, moving across the main current. 2. Often, crosscurrents. a conflicting tendency or movement. [1590 1600; CROSS + CURRENT] * * * …   Universalium

  • crosscurrent — noun a) A turbulent stretch of water caused by multiple currents b) A situation in which there are conflicting opinions …   Wiktionary

  • crosscurrent — cross|cur|rent [ krɔs,kʌrənt ] noun count 1. ) a current that flows across the main current in a river or ocean 2. ) something such as a belief, method, or tradition that is different from what is usual or generally accepted …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • crosscurrent — n. current running in a direction opposite that of another current …   English contemporary dictionary

  • crosscurrent — noun (C) a current in the sea, a river etc that moves across the general direction of the main current …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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