PREVAILED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

prevailed

verb

past tense of prevail

as in won

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

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as in survived

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 prevailed Jeanie prevailed in the dispute and further consolidated her control of the organization. — Law Murray, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Coleman initially won by a margin of 700 votes, but Franken prevailed in the recount. — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2026 Friend will face Republican Mery Lopez-Palma, who prevailed in her primary. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 Eventually, diplomacy and financial considerations prevailed, and the series continued. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026 The government has not prevailed in a single lawsuit so far, with judges blocking the requests for data in 23 cases to date. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 At the end, the Liberty prevailed as the Sparks intentionally fouled to stay in the game, getting clutch makes by Ionescu. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026 During an eight-overtime thriller, the Bulldogs prevailed 44-42. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026 Kim Kardashian and mom Kris Jenner have prevailed again in their defamation war against Ray J, with a Los Angeles judge siding with the mother-daughter duo and declining to dismiss their claims. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevailed

Verb

Clay-Chalkville is a Birmingham-area school that has won three of the past five Class 6A titles in Alabama.

— Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Delphine Boël, 58, eventually won her legal fight and was granted the title of princess.

— Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of won

Verb

She is survived by two stepchildren, Elizabeth Vandermark and David Kissinger, and five step-grandchildren.

— Robert D. Mcfadden, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
Known primarily as a virtuoso sculptor, only a few of Bernini’s paintings have survived, and fewer than twenty are broadly accepted as authentic.

— News Desk, Artforum, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of survived

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After two jittery routines to start her competition, Claire triumphed with a stick to rocket ahead of Blakely and Carey.

— Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
And in June, when Andy Burnham triumphed in a by-election on his way to becoming prime minister just a month later, he was flanked in victory by a 6-foot furry fox and a man in superhero spandex.

— Mark Rice-Oxley, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2026

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Too Much Waiting, Not Enough Episodes The years between seasons are killing them, especially when a season only takes a week to binge, unlike the old days when a season lasted three to nine months of weekly episode releases.

— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
The delay lasted just under two hours before the teams came back and finished the first half.

— Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of lasted

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Nigeria's security woes have also persisted in recent years with more mass kidnappings and killings, and have further spread to regions that were once spared the violence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Though the terminal partially resumed operations earlier this month, gas shortages and power cuts have persisted, prompting the government to impose additional electricity-conservation measures last week.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026