prevalent

1. 1.

   most frequent or common

   “prevailing winds”

   Synonymsprevailingpredominantdominantrife

   Similarfrequent

Questions about prevalent

What does prevalent mean?

prevalent means "most frequent or common".

How many syllables are in prevalent?

prevalent has 3 syllables: prev-a-lent. The stress falls on "prev". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɛvələnt/.

What is another word for prevalent?

Close synonyms include prevailing, predominant, dominant, rife. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prevalent a common word?

prevalent is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.