It is a prevalent belief, according to a nationwide poll in the United States, that Muslims are linked with terrorism.
Source: tatoeba (1958)
Prevalent
//ˈpɹɛvələnt//
Synonyms for "prevalent" (208 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (62)
dominanteffuseepidemicestablishedeventuatingeverydayexhaustlessexistentexistingextantextensiveextravagantexuberantfamiliarfashionablefatfertileflushfrequentfrequentative
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fullgaloregeneralgenerally acceptedgenerousgoinggoing ongoverninghabitualhappeningheadhegemonichegemonistichipin ascendancyin beingin chargein chiefin effectin existencein fashionin forcein handin plentyin quantityin stylein the ascendantin the windin vogueincidentalinexhaustiblelavishleadingliberallivingluxuriantmanymany timesmastermaximal
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (104)
modmodernmuchnaturalnewnewfashionednormalnot rarenumerousobtainingoccasionaloccurringof common occurrenceoft-repeatedoftentimeomnipresentonon footongoingopulent
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ordinaryorthodoxoverbearingoverflowingpandemicparamountpassingpervasiveplenitudinousplenteousplentifulplentypopularpredominatepredominatingprepollentpreponderantpreponderateprepotentprescribedprescriptivepresentprevailingprodigalproductiveprofuseprofusiverampantreceivedrecurrentregnantregularregulatingregulationregulativeregulatoryreigningrepleteresultantrichriotousroutinerulingrunningrunning oversetsmartsovereignstandardstereotypedstocksubsistentsubsistingsuperabundantsupremetaking placeteemingthick-comingtime-honoredtraditionaltrendyubiquitousunder the sununder wayuniversalup-to-dateup-to-datishup-to-the-minuteusualwealthywell-foundwell-furnishedwell-plannedwell-providedwell-stockedwholesalewidespreadwonted
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(3 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
6 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
71 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُنْتَشِر adj (widespread, preferred)
Bulgarian
3 entries- господстващ adj (superior in frequency or dominant)
- преобладаващ adj (widespread, preferred)
- широко разпространен adj (widespread, preferred)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 廣泛 /广泛 adj (widespread, preferred)
- 普遍 adj (widespread, preferred)
- 流行 adj (widespread, preferred)
- 盛行 adj (widespread, preferred)
Czech
1 entries- převládající adj (widespread, preferred)
Dutch
4 entries- heersend adj (widespread, preferred)
- overheersend adj (superior in frequency or dominant)
- overwegend adj (superior in frequency or dominant)
- wijdverspreid adj (widespread, preferred)
Finnish
1 entries- vallitseva adj (widespread, preferred)
French
2 entries- prévalent adj (superior in frequency or dominant)
- répandu adj (widespread, preferred)
Galician
1 entries- prevalente adj (widespread, preferred)
German
4 entries- (weit) verbreitet adj (widespread, preferred)
- beherrschend adj (widespread, preferred)
- beherrschend adj (superior in frequency or dominant)
- maßgeblich adj (widespread, preferred)
Greek
1 entries- επικρατών adj (widespread, preferred)
Hungarian
4 entries- domináns adj (widespread, preferred)
- egyetemes adj (widespread, preferred)
- elterjedt adj (widespread, preferred)
- meghatározó adj (widespread, preferred)
Italian
4 entries- imminente adj (widespread, preferred)
- incalzante adj (widespread, preferred)
- predominante adj (widespread, preferred)
- prevalente adj (superior in frequency or dominant)
Japanese
1 entries- 繁栄する adj (widespread, preferred)
Korean
1 entries- 번영하다 adj (widespread, preferred)
Macedonian
2 entries- преовладу́вачки adj (superior in frequency or dominant)
- распро́странет adj (widespread, preferred)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- fremherskende adj (superior in frequency or dominant)
- herskende adj (widespread, preferred)
- rådende adj (widespread, preferred)
- rådende adj (superior in frequency or dominant)
Portuguese
2 entries- predominante adj (widespread, preferred)
- prevalente adj (superior in frequency or dominant)
Romanian
2 entries- preponderent adj (widespread, preferred)
- prevalent adj (widespread, preferred)
Russian
2 entries- преоблада́ющий adj (widespread, preferred)
- распространённый adj (widespread, preferred)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- преовлађујући adj (widespread, preferred)
Spanish
4 entries- dominante adj (widespread, preferred)
- mayoritario adj (widespread, preferred)
- predominante adj (superior in frequency or dominant)
- prevalente adj (superior in frequency or dominant)
Swedish
4 entries- gängse adj (widespread, preferred)
- spridd adj (widespread, preferred)
- utbredd adj (widespread, preferred)
- vedertagen adj (widespread, preferred)
Turkish
1 entries- her yerde bulunan adj (widespread, preferred)
Ukrainian
3 entries- переважаючий adj (superior in frequency or dominant)
- переважний adj (superior in frequency or dominant)
- поширений adj (widespread, preferred)
Vietnamese
4 entries- phổ biến adj (widespread, preferred)
- thông dụng adj (widespread, preferred)
- thông dụng adj (superior in frequency or dominant)
- thông thường adj (widespread, preferred)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The disease is prevalent in the area.
Source: tatoeba (44312)
Colds are prevalent this winter.
Source: tatoeba (57656)
The term ‘milonguero style tango’ was coined in the early 1990s to describe the style of dancing tango that was prevalent in the milongas of downtown Buenos Aires in the 1950s.
Source: tatoeba (977259)
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