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
Received and prevailing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Received" instead an adjective "Prevailing".
Received
Received adjective - Held by or applicable to a majority of the people.
Usage example: traditionally the received opinion was that, in the event of a divorce, the mother should get custody of the children
Prevailing and received are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Prevailing" instead an adjective "Received".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- familiar and prevailing
- familiar and received
- normal and prevailing
- normal and received
- usual and prevailing
- usual and received
- common and prevailing
- common and received
- customary and prevailing
- customary and received
- accustomed and prevailing
- accustomed and received
- ordinary and prevailing
- ordinary and received
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