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

Sproles, the Exolaunch CEO, also told CNN that companies that have been in the space industry a while know that what’s coming is actually a return to the former status quo. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

What was supposed to open the way to a comprehensive peace agreement instead hardened into a new and increasingly unstable status quo. — Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

Dior creative director Jonathan Anderson and his design director of shoes Nina Christen are back for spring 2027 with another lineup of shoes shaking up the maison’s status quo. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

Flipping the script Progressive donors said they were motivated to give to candidates who would shake up the Democratic Party’s status quo. — Ben Wieder, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026