Prevail Synonyms and Antonyms

prĭ-vāl
To occupy the preeminent position in
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dominate
  2. predominate
  3. preponderate
  4. persist
  5. hold
  6. reign
  7. die-hard
  8. rule
  9. run
  10. obtain
  11. endure
Antonyms:
  1. lose
  2. surrender
Prove superior
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. predominate
  2. preponderate
  3. control
  4. dominate
  5. triumph
  6. rule
  7. reign
  8. actuate
  9. beat
  10. conquer
  11. obtain
  12. overcome
  13. succeed
  14. surmount
  15. win
To use persuasion or inducement successfully. Often used with on, upon, or with.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. persuade

Prevail Sentence Examples

  • Which of these two laws will prevail, God only knows.

  • Who really believes that whoever can prevail in war must be right?

  • A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.

  • But as early as 1865, Arminians were welcomed to Congregational fellowship. In the last few decades, with the spread in the community of innovations in doctrinal and critical opinions, a wider diversity of belief has come to prevail, so that " Evangelical," in the popular sense of the term, rather than " Calvinistic," is the epithet more suit able to American Congregational preachers and churches.

  • In this zone malarial fevers prevail in winter.

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