Prevailing Synonyms and Antonyms

prĭ-vālĭng
Having preeminent significance
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. ascendant
  2. dominant
  3. predominant
  4. prepotent
  5. regnant
  6. ruling
  7. supreme
Continue to exist
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. enduring
  2. running
  3. persisting
Prove superior
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. triumphing

Words Related to Prevailing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Prevailing Sentence Examples

  • The prevailing winds are from south to west.

  • Agriculture is the prevailing industry of Manitoba.

  • In India the prevailing gauge is 5 ft.

  • Israel's faithlessness is shown in idolatry and the prevailing corruption of the high places in which the old Canaanite Baal was worshipped instead of Yahweh.

  • But in 1908, owing to the prevailing want of trained soldiers in France, it was proposed to set free the white troops in Algeria by applying the principles of universal service to the natives, as in Tunis.

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