Synonyms for prevalence
preva·lence

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1. prevalence

   Synonyms:
   custom, power, influence, operation, extension, predominance, superiority, influence, efficacy, preponderance

   Antonyms:
   disuse, desuetude, obsoleteness, decay, evanescence, disappearance, mitigation, subordination, collapse, abandonment, abolition, diminution, subsidence, subjection

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1. prevalencenoun

   the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread

   "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future"

   Synonyms:
   preponderance

2. prevalencenoun

   (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population

   Synonyms:
   preponderance

3. preponderance, prevalencenoun

   a superiority in numbers or amount

   "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant"

   Synonyms:
   preponderance

Matched Categories

1. • Epidemiology
   • Generality
   • Number
   • Ratio

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1. prevalencenoun

   Synonyms:
   superiority, success, predominance, preponderance, prosperity

2. prevalencenoun

   Synonyms:
   influence, efficacy, power, force, strength

3. prevalencenoun

   Synonyms:
   universality, wide extension, general reception

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1. List of paraphrases for "prevalence":

   incidence, predominance, frequency, prevalences, prevalent, dominance, preponderance, spread

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prevalence

   Synonyms:
   Epidemiology Extent, proportion Statistics Pretest probability, prior probability

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1. Shekhar Saxena:

   The prevalence of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorders and drug abuse vary significantly more between different societies and there are some cultural factors for that.

2. Antonia Nemanich:

   I think all of that plays into this, and the regulations haven’t kept pace with the increased prevalence of the product.

3. Cockrell Skinner:

   The fact that the prevalence of obesity continues to increase for the poorest children and that that’s not true for wealthier children is a real problem.

4. Tom Inglesby:

   As long as the community prevalence of the disease around them is not overwhelming, and so that's really encouraging news, but what we see is that schools that have resources can put those things in place, and many schools in the country have not been able to put those things into place.

5. Helene Gayle:

   What we recommended, essentially, was that states get allocated an amount based on population, we kind of ran numbers and realized that even if you tried to do it by Covid prevalence and all the rest, it doesn't matter enough to go through that complexity and it probably was simpler, more straight-forward and less subject to manipulation.