prevail

prevail is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against.
2. intransitive verb. To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to be predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain; as, the practice prevails this day.
3. intransitive verb. To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait.
4. verb. use persuasion successfully

   "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents"

5. verb. prove superior

   "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"

   Synonyms: triumph

6. verb. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

   "Money reigns supreme here"

   "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

   Synonyms: dominate, predominate, reign, rule

7. verb. continue to exist

   "These stories die hard"

   "The legend of Elvis endures"

   Synonyms: endure, persist, run

8. verb. be valid, applicable, or true

   "This theory still holds"

   Synonyms: hold, obtain

Synonyms

triumph, dominate, predominate, reign, rule, endure, persist, run, hold, obtain

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in prevail:

pervial

Common word forms

prevails, prevailed, prevailer, prevailing, prevailment

Words from these letters

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