'crosscurrent' definitions:
Definition of 'crosscurrent'
From: WordNet
noun
A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current [syn: rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent]
noun
Actions counter to the main group activity; "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference" [syn: countercurrent, crosscurrent]
Definition of 'crosscurrent'
From: GCIDE
- crosscurrent \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]
Synonyms of 'crosscurrent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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