prevails on

VERB

persuade, influence

Synonyms

WEAK

affect argue into bring around convince crack dispose draw get get around impress incline induce promote prompt put across ram down throat sell suck in sway talk into win over

Antonyms

WEAK

discourage dissuade leave alone

VERB

persuade

Synonyms

STRONGEST

prevail upon

WEAK

affect argue into bring around convince crack dispose draw get get around impress incline induce influence promote prompt put across sell suck in sway talk into win over

Example Sentences

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose country borders a portion of Essequibo, said Monday that he hopes that “common sense prevails, on the side of Venezuela and Guyana.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023

The hardships of the coming winter could do much to determine who prevails, on the battlefield and with the narratives that shape it.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2022

That’s why an old saw prevails on Capitol Hill when the sides struggle with a complicated bill.

From Fox News • Aug. 9, 2020

Personalities clash, but familial love prevails on their escapades through Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and the American Southwest.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2020

Euripides, however, hears of the assembly, and prevails on his father-in-law, Mnesilochus, to disguise himself as a woman and seek admittance, that he may plead the cause of the tragedian.

From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell