Prevailing
Prevailing adjective - Held by or applicable to a majority of the people.
Usage example: the prevailing custom here is to leave one's doors unlocked
Predominant is a synonym for prevailing in specific topic. In some cases you can use "Predominant" instead an adjective "Prevailing", when it comes to topics like important, prevalent, general, dominating. popular alternative
Predominant
Predominant adjective - Most frequent or common.
Prevailing is a synonym for predominant in main topic. You can use "Prevailing" instead an adjective "Predominant", if it concerns topics such as specific, ruling, important, prevalent. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- common and prevailing
- common and predominant
- current and prevailing
- current and predominant
- ruling and prevailing
- ruling and predominant
- principal and prevailing
- principal and predominant
- popular and prevailing
- popular and predominant
- superior and prevailing
- superior and predominant
- main and prevailing
- main and predominant
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