Synonyms:
prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife
Meaning: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds"
Usage examples
It was widely prevalent throughout Babylonia.
Similar customs were prevalent in Ancient Greece.
"How sorry I am! but colds were never so prevalent as they have been this autumn.
The religious wars had led to laxity and carelessness; drunkenness and vice were fearfully prevalent.
True, the last line did not scan, but that was a trifle, since the quatrain at least conformed to the mode then prevalent.
But is it true that crimes, especially murder and illegitimacy, are more prevalent in Catholic than in Protestant countries?
We have gone so far away from the habits of thought and feeling prevalent at that time that it is difficult to appreciate such acts at their true value.
But the general principles of the Government are more stable, and the opinions most prevalent in society are generally more durable than in many other countries.
When Mosheim declares that "The prevalent opinion among early Christians was that Christ existed in appearance only," he could not have meant by 'Christ' only a title.
These figures, which are from authenticated sources, do not bear out our accusers in their assertion that murders are more prevalent in Catholic than in Protestant countries.