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Main Entry: prevail
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dominate, control

Synonyms:

abound, be common, be current, be prevalent, be usual, be victorious, be widespread, beat, best, carry, come out on top, command, conquer, domineer, exist generally, gain, get there, go great guns, go places, hit pay dirt, luck out, make it, make out, master, move out, obtain, overcome, overrule, predominate, preponderate, prove, reign, succeed, take off, triumph, win

Antonyms:

lose, surrender
Main Entry: prevailing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: general, dominant

Synonyms:

all-embracing, by the numbers, catholic, common, comprehensive, current, customary, ecumenical, established, familiar, fashionable, in style, in vogue, influential, main, operative, ordinary, popular, predominant, predominating, preponderating, prevalent, principal, rampant, regnant, regular, rife, ruling, set, steady, sweeping, universal, usual, widespread, worldwide

Antonyms:

individual, minor, peculiar, private, unimportant
Main Entry: actual
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: existing at the present time

Synonyms:

current, exact, existent, extant, live, living, original, prevailing

Antonyms:

hypothetical, imaginary, nominal, past, reputed, theoretical, unreal
Main Entry: affect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: influence, affect emotionally

Synonyms:

act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset
Notes: as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result'
effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect
Main Entry: be
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: exist

Synonyms:

abide, act, be alive, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, have being, have place, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive
Main Entry: best
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: defeat; gain advantage

Synonyms:

KO, beat, beat up, better, blank*, blast*, bulldoze, clobber, conquer, cream*, deck, drub, exceed, excel, flax, floor*, get the better of, knock off, lambaste, let have it, lick*, master, outclass, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overcome, prevail, put away, shoot down, shut down, surpass, take care of, take down, tan*, thrash*, top, total, transcend, trash*, triumph, triumph over, trounce, wallop, waste*, wax, whip*, whomp, whop, wipe out, wipe the floor with, wipe, zap

Antonyms:

give up, lose, relent, surrender
Main Entry: carry
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: win; accomplish

Synonyms:

affect, be victorious, capture, drive, effect, gain, get, impel, impress, influence, inspire, move, prevail, secure, spur, strike, sway, touch, urge

Antonyms:

fail, lose
Main Entry: come through
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: accomplish goal

Synonyms:

achieve, be successful, be victorious, carry out, chip in, contribute, kick in, pitch in, prevail, score, succeed, triumph, win

Antonyms:

fail
Main Entry: command
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: rule, have power

Synonyms:

administer, boss, charge, check, coach, coerce, compel, conduct, conquer, constrain, control, curb, determine, dictate, direct, dominate, domineer, exact, exercise power, force, govern, guide, have authority, head, hinder, hold office, influence, lead, manage, officiate, oppress, overbear, override, predominate, prescribe, preside over, prevail, push, regulate, reign, reign over, repress, restrain, run, stop, subdue, superintend, supervise, sway, take over, tyrannize, wield

Antonyms:

follow
Main Entry: common
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: average, ordinary

Synonyms:

accepted, banal, bourgeois, casual, characteristic, colloquial, comformable, commonplace, conventional, current, customary, daily, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, hackneyed, homely, humdrum, informal, mediocre, monotonous, natural, obscure, passable, plain, prevailing, prevalent, probable, prosaic, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill, simple, stale, standard, stereotyped, stock, trite, trivial, typical, undistinguished, universal, unvaried, usual, wearisome, workaday, worn-out

Antonyms:

abnormal, extraordinary, infrequent, noteworthy, rare, scarce, uncommon, unusual, valuable
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