PREVAILS Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

prevails

verb

present tense third-person singular of prevail

as in wins

to achieve victory (as in a contest) we shall prevail despite the overwhelming odds

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as in survives

to continue to operate or to meet one's needs a custom that still prevails in many areas of Africa

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Recent Examples of prevails Instead, silence frequently prevails on the air, if not on social media. — Mike Sando, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 The site to which Shift is specific is not just the farm in King City but the field of historical preservation, where the conundrum of stasis versus passing time prevails. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 That prevails in the sense of a connection between an artist and a fan. — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2026 For Pritzker or whoever prevails, the golden ticket could be a strong policy on data centers. — Patrick McNamara, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 Most prominent is the texture of ostrich leather that prevails throughout the shoe’s upper. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 Not all good things come to those who wait, but occasionally poetic justice prevails. — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026 Wright Stevens is, at times, unsparing in the details of the Ipalook crime scene, though her search for truth and justice prevails. — Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2026 Ultimately, who prevails will depend on the terms of the trust and the 2025 agreement – neither of which is public – and the 2017 court order. — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevails

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Whoever wins the upcoming presidential election will inherit these sources of weakness.

— MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
Make sure your bet wins — this is key to unlocking the bonus.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of wins

Verb

Institutions ensure that responsibility survives the individuals entrusted with it.

— Walid Chiniara, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Fred left a timeless legacy of dance on film, most famously in his collaborations with Ginger Rogers, while Adele’s work has been lost to history; indeed, no footage of her dancing survives.

— Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of survives

Verb

This story persists, even though the Plath scholar Janet Badia, in her foundational book Sylvia Plath and the Mythology of Women Readers, proved definitively that these protests never happened.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
What’s even more interesting is that the pattern persists above the temperature where uranium ditelluride stops being superconducting.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026