Prevailing and Shared

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

Shared and prevailing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shared" instead an adjective "Prevailing".

Nearby Words: prevail, prevailed, prevailingly

Shared

Shared adjective - Used or done by a number of people as a group.

Prevailing and shared are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Prevailing" instead an adjective "Shared".

Nearby Words: share, sharing, sharer, shareable
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