Synonyms of status quo

status quo

noun

-ˈkwō 

as in normality

the state or fact of being the way things usually are

civic leaders who are afraid to do anything that might change the town's status quo

Synonyms & Similar Words

• normality
• normalcy
• currency
• prevalence
• routine
• groove
• peace
• rut
• harmony
• conventionality
• orderliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abnormality
• irregularity
• unusualness
• disruption
• uncommonness
• disturbance
• disruptiveness
• disorderliness
• deviance
• anomalousness
• unconventionality
• extraordinariness
• exceptionalness
• remarkableness
• noteworthiness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of status quo

Instead, both political parties have protected a status quo utterly devoid of it, that routinely leaves patients to fight for their lives, equipped with nothing more than the love of their friends. — Elizabeth Nicholas, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026

This status quo starts to change when Ruthie gets pregnant via extramarital affair and moves to New York to figure out her life. — Alison Herman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

At first, Ascherson was based in Bonn, the capital of the Federal Republic, where postwar Germans had, perhaps understandably, embraced a dull and conservative status quo. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026

More than 100 of the world's largest technology, financial and cybersecurity companies now say the window to prepare is limited and that status quo security will not be enough. — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026