Antonyms for prevailing
prɪˈveɪ lɪŋpre·vail·ing

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1. prevailing

   Usual (Latin usus, use, habit, wont) signifies such as regularly or often recurs in the ordinary course of events, or is habitually repeated in the life of the same person. Ordinary (Latin ordo, order) signifies according to an established order, hence of everyday occurrence. In strictness, common and general apply to the greater number of individuals in a class; but both words are in good use as applying to the greater number of instances in a series, so that it is possible to speak of one person's common practise or general custom, tho ordinary or usual would in such case be preferable. Compare GENERAL; NORMAL.

   Antonyms:
   exceptional, extraordinary, infrequent, out-of-the-way, rare, singular, strange, uncommon, unparalleled, unusual

   Synonyms:
   accustomed, common, customary, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, normal, ordinary, prevalent, public, regular, usual, wonted

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1. prevailing

   Antonyms:
   mitigated, diminishing, subordinate, powerless

   Synonyms:
   controlling, ruling, influential, operative, predominant, prevalent, rife, ascendant, most general, most common

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1. prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rifeadjective

   most frequent or common

   "prevailing winds"

   Antonyms:
   infrequent

   Synonyms:
   overabundant, rife, predominate, dominant, predominant, plethoric, prevalent, preponderating, overriding, paramount, preponderant

How to use prevailing in a sentence?

1. Mike Petters:

   Cooler heads have a way of prevailing on something like this.

2. Gary Cohn:

   We are in currency wars, the prevailing view is that the easy way to stimulate economic growth is to have a low currency.

3. Henry Louis Mencken:

   The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost invariably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And if he is not romantic personally, he is apt to spread discontent among those who are.

4. Bill Vaughan:

   If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

5. Kerry Thornley:

   What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos.

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