Prevail
Prevail verb - To achieve victory (as in a contest).
Worst and prevail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Worst" instead a verb "Prevail".
Nearby Words: prevailing, prevalent
Worst
Worst verb - To achieve a victory over.
Usage example: how humiliating for a tennis champ to be worsted by a player no one had ever heard of
Mutual synonyms
Cite this Source
Worst and Prevail. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/prevail/worst
Prevail & Worst. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/prevail/worst>.
Worst or Prevail. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/prevail/worst.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "prevail" and "worst" have occurred on timeline