Synonyms for prevalence
preva·lence

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1. prevalence

   Synonyms:
   custom, power, influence, operation, extension, predominance, superiority, influence, efficacy, preponderance

   Antonyms:
   disuse, desuetude, obsoleteness, decay, evanescence, disappearance, mitigation, subordination, collapse, abandonment, abolition, diminution, subsidence, subjection

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1. prevalencenoun

   the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread

   "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future"

   Synonyms:
   preponderance

2. prevalencenoun

   (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population

   Synonyms:
   preponderance

3. preponderance, prevalencenoun

   a superiority in numbers or amount

   "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant"

   Synonyms:
   preponderance

Matched Categories

1. • Epidemiology
   • Generality
   • Number
   • Ratio

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1. prevalencenoun

   Synonyms:
   superiority, success, predominance, preponderance, prosperity

2. prevalencenoun

   Synonyms:
   influence, efficacy, power, force, strength

3. prevalencenoun

   Synonyms:
   universality, wide extension, general reception

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1. List of paraphrases for "prevalence":

   incidence, predominance, frequency, prevalences, prevalent, dominance, preponderance, spread

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prevalence

   Synonyms:
   Epidemiology Extent, proportion Statistics Pretest probability, prior probability

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1. Thomas Pietschmann:

   Problems can be expected to increase if prevalence of use, and particularly high-risk patterns of use, increases.

2. David Hemenway:

   The major difference is the prevalence of firearms, non-gun suicide rates don't vary much across states. But gun related suicide rates vary significantly.

3. Matthew Mimiaga:

   We need to think about the fact that men who have sex with men in the U.S. have a high prevalence of these syndemic factors (which) for the most part get in the way of traditional HIV messaging or traditional HIV interventions, these factors . . . are driving a lot of the risk and really need to be addressed in a comprehensive approach.

4. Joseph Palamar:

   The importance is that we are able to draw attention to this dangerous drug right now, we finally have prevalence estimates on a national sample, which hasn't been done yet.

5. Kacie Kidd:

   Our goal was to understand the prevalence of gender-diverse identities among high school students in our Pittsburgh school district by asking what we considered to be, and what many scholars consider to be, a more inclusive question about gender identity, we came in suspecting that this two-step gender identity question would demonstrate a higher prevalence of gender diversity than in prior studies.