Home › Words › S › subcurrentsubcurrentsubcurrent means A secondary or subsidiary current.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, subcurrent ranks #2,167 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sub- + current.nounA secondary or subsidiary current.e.g.“This is an unusual election with very strong anti-establishment subcurrents, making predictions problematic.” — 2015 November 7, “And the 2016 Nominees May Be . . .”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).