Synonyms for prevalent
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Predominant
predominant, rife, dominant, prevailing, popular, epidemic, current, general, frequent, established, conventional, usual, relevant, pandemic, ascendant, ruling, ordinary, received, commonplace, ubiquitous, customary, habitual
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- adj. 1
Widespread or preferred.
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What customarily prevails is prevalent; as, a prevalent fashion. It is sometimes the stronger word, since a thing may prevail sufficiently to be called prevalent, and yet require greater strength to make it actually prevailing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- dominant As a dominant, I need aftercare after some scenes.
- prevailing Bad cold is prevailing throughout the country.
- predominant Islam is Algeria's predominant religion.
- rife Alcoholism is rife in some parts of Kabylie.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prevalent | steady | |
| dominant | rising | |
| prevailing | falling | |
| predominant | falling | |
| rife | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- rife1
- 5 letters
- usual3
- 6 letters
- common2, ruling2
- 7 letters
- general3, current2, popular3
- 8 letters
- received2, relevant3, ordinary4, frequent2, dominant3, epidemic4, pandemic3, habitual4
- 9 letters
- customary4, ascendant3
- 10 letters
- prevailing3, ubiquitous4
- 11 letters
- established3, commonplace3, predominant4
- 12 letters
- conventional4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (usual3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prévalent
- Español
- prevalente