Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun currency

3 senses of currency

Sense 1
currency -- (the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used)
       => medium of exchange, monetary system -- (anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region)

Sense 2
currency -- (general acceptance or use; "the currency of ideas")
       => prevalence -- (the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread; "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future")

Sense 3
currentness, currency, up-to-dateness -- (the property of belonging to the present time; "the currency of a slang term")
       => presentness, nowness -- (the quality of being the present; "a study of the pastness of the present and...of the presentness of the past"- R.E.Spiller)