prevailing
I
(current) adjective
abundant, accepted, accustomary, accustomed, all-embracing, bourgeois, catholic, characteristic, colloquial, common, commonplace, comprehensive, conformable, contemporary, conventional, current, customary, diffuse, dominant, epidemic, established, everyday, extensive, familiar, frequent, general, generally accepted, global, habitual, in vogue, latest, natural, normal, pandemic, popular, predominant, prevalent, rampant, regular, rife, stock, sweeping, typical, universal, up-to-date, usual, vernacular, well-known, widely accepted, widespread, wonted, workaday, worldwide
associated concepts: prevailing conditions, prevailing rate, prevailing rate of interest
II
(having superior force) adjective
ascendant, authoritative, chief, commanding, conquering, controlling, defeating, determining, directing, dominant, dominating, effective, effectual, efficacious, forceful, governing, heading, hegemonic, hegemonical, influential, leading, mighty, moving, operative, overcoming, overruling, paramount, persuasive, potent, powerful, predominant, predominating, preponderant, preponderating, puissant, regnant, ruling, strong, successful, supreme, triumphal, triumphant, unvanquished, victorious, weighty, winning
associated concepts: prevailing party
III
index
accustomed (customary), cardinal (outstanding), coercion, common (customary), convincing, current, customary, dominant, familiar (customary), force (compulsion), forcible, general, influential, leading (ranking first), master, ordinary, orthodox, popular, potent, powerful, predominant, prevalent, prime (most valuable), principal, regular (conventional), rife, successful, typical, usual
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006