CROSSCURRENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crosscurrent mean? 

• CROSSCURRENT (noun)
  The noun CROSSCURRENT has 2 senses:

1. a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

2. actions counter to the main group activity

  Familiarity information: CROSSCURRENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROSSCURRENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

countercurrent; crosscurrent; rip; riptide; tide rip

Hypernyms ("crosscurrent" is a kind of...):

turbulence; turbulency (unstable flow of a liquid or gas)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Actions counter to the main group activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

countercurrent; crosscurrent

Context example:

political crosscurrents disrupted the conference

Hypernyms ("crosscurrent" is a kind of...):

strife (bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension)