prevails
Comes out ahead
To prevail is to prove superior or win out: Common sense prevailed, Justice will prevail.
What prevails is widespread or dominant in a place or time: the conditions that prevailed in medieval Europe, prevailing winds.
To prevail upon someone is to persuade them, often with difficulty: She prevailed upon him to stay.
Overwhelming victories
- overcomesDefeats or masters
- defeatsOvercomes or bests
- vanquishesDefeats thoroughly in conflict
- subduesOvercomes and controls
bests · surmounts · overpowers · wins · succeeds · masters · outlasts · outmatches
Holds sovereign power
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- commandsAuthoritative orders given
- controlsOperates or regulates
- governsExercises political authority
predominates · overshadows · leads · presides · influences · dictates · steers · directs
Continues despite hardship
- perseveresContinues despite difficulty
- continuesProceeds without stopping
- persistsCarries on stubbornly
- lastsContinues over time
survives · remains · holds out · weathers · withstands · outlives · keeps on · carries on
Successfully changes someone's mind
- wins overGains favor from
- swaysMoves rhythmically sideways
- influencesPowers that shape behavior
- inducesCauses to occur
Spreads completely through
- permeatesPasses through entirely
- predominatesHolds chief influence
- extendsIncreases in scope
- spreadsDistributes over area
saturates · infuses · suffuses · penetrates · runs through · takes hold · sweeps · proliferates
triumphs
Overwhelming victories
- overcomesDefeats or masters
- defeatsOvercomes or bests
- vanquishesDefeats thoroughly in conflict
subdues · bests · surmounts · overpowers · wins · succeeds · masters · outlasts · outmatches · carries the day
reigns
Holds sovereign power
governs · predominates · overshadows · leads · presides · influences · dictates · steers · directs · ascends
endures
Continues despite hardship
- perseveresContinues despite difficulty
- continuesProceeds without stopping
- persistsCarries on stubbornly
lasts · survives · remains · holds out · weathers · withstands · outlives · keeps on · carries on · hangs on
convinces
Successfully changes someone's mind
- wins overGains favor from
- swaysMoves rhythmically sideways
- influencesPowers that shape behavior
induces · talks into · brings around · persuades · moves
pervades
Spreads completely through
- permeatesPasses through entirely
- predominatesHolds chief influence
- extendsIncreases in scope
spreads · saturates · infuses · suffuses · penetrates · runs through · takes hold · sweeps · proliferates
- successsuccess, succeeds, achievement, wins, triumph
prevailsyields
Gives forth results
surrenders · submits · capitulates · gives in · concedes
- prevailing wageLocally mandated pay minimum
- prevailing windMost frequent wind direction
- prevail uponSuccessfully persuade someone