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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in survived

to continue to operate or to meet one's needs a custom that still prevails in many areas of Africa

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of prevailed Alonso watched as his Chelsea team prevailed 4-3 over Brighton in a wild English league game earlier. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 In the rest of the state, Graham prevailed — including in the Charleston area, where former governor and congressman Mark Sanford endorsed Norman after his own Senate campaign faltered. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Falwell correctly sensed vulnerability in the uneasy alliance between rationalism and Christianity that had prevailed since the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. — Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevailed

Verb

Antioch’s defensive line — senior Willie Hamilton and Harrison Victor and junior Camryn Mowery — won the trenches the rest of the way.

— Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
The project won the top prize at Guangxi’s provincial science and technology awards on August 24.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of won

Verb

The Islamic Republic survived the assassination of its top leaders and weeks of heavy bombing, and found a potent form of leverage in the Strait of Hormuz.

— Mark Osborne, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
This panic is also nothing new; television was supposed to rot our brains, and radio before that, and somehow the republic survived.

— Mckenna Friedland, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of survived

Verb

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

Definition of triumphed

Verb

Festivities for the union lasted three days amid celebrations around the country in honor of the pair.

— James Frater, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
So the question now is this war in Iran, of course, hasn't lasted nearly as long as Vietnam, six months versus more than 19 years, hasn't involved the deployment of the kind of forces that LBJ deployed in Vietnam at the peak more than 500,000.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of lasted

Verb

With ongoing advocacy and reform, football not only persisted in colleges, but spread across the population and deepened its social, political, economic, and emotional stakes, carrying along with it the problem of traumatic brain injury.

— Emily Harrison, STAT, 31 Aug. 2026
The chaos persisted for hours late into Saturday as the presidential guard and other loyalist forces secured the air base and the presidency, analysts and diplomats said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026