prevail

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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
prevail (verb)
intransitive verb
1.
to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority - triumph
2.
to be or become effective or effectual
3.
to use persuasion successfully - prevailed on him to sing
4.
to be frequent - predominate the west winds that prevail in the mountains
5.
to be or continue in use or fashion - persist a custom that still prevails
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
prevail (verb)
1.
to achieve victory (as in a contest)
SYNONYMS:
conquer, prevail, triumph
RELATED WORDS:
overcome, sweep; squeak, squeeze; contend, vie; succeed; breeze, romp
NEAR ANTONYMS:
collapse, fail, flop, fold, wash out; flounder, struggle; decline, slip, slump, wane
lose
prevail (verb)
2.
to continue to operate or to meet one's needs
SYNONYMS:
hold up, keep up, last, prevail, survive
RELATED WORDS:
bear up, carry on, cope, endure, fare, get along, get by, get on, go, hang in, make out, manage, persevere; abide, continue, draw out, hang on, hold on, linger, persist, remain, run on, stretch
NEAR ANTONYMS:
break, break down, collapse, conk (out), crash, cut out, die, expire, stall, stop; run down, wane
fail, fizzle, give out, go out, peter (out), run out
prevail (verb)
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests
SYNONYMS:
argue, bring, bring around, convert, convince, gain, get, induce, move, prevail (on upon), satisfy, talk (into), win (over)
RELATED WORDS:
blandish, blarney, cajole, coax, entreat, exhort, fast-talk, urge, wheedle; allure, beguile, lead on, lure, seduce, snow, tempt; brainwash, overpersuade; incline, influence, move, prompt, sell, sway; attract, draw, entice, interest; chew over, converse, debate, discuss, dispute, hash (over), moot; reason (with)
NEAR ANTONYMS:
deter, discourage, dissuade, unsell
prevail (verb)
to achieve a victory over
SYNONYMS:
best, conquer, defeat, dispatch, do down, get, get around, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), skunk, stop, subdue, surmount, take, trim, triumph (over), upend, win (against), worst
RELATED WORDS:
sweep; edge (out), nose out, pip []; annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [], whip; cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed; knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish; ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend
NEAR ANTONYMS:
fall, give up, go down, go under; collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, wash out
lose (to)
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