Antonyms for pervasiveper·va·sive

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1. pervasiveadjective

   Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.

   The medication had a pervasive effect on the patient's health.

   Synonyms:
   penetrating, permeating, pervading

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. permeant, permeating, permeative, pervasiveadjective

   spreading or spread throughout

   "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic"; "an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion"

   Antonyms:
   collective

   Synonyms:
   permeative, permeating, permeant

How to use pervasive in a sentence?

1. Michael Holland:

   With the backdrop of a pervasive nervous marketplace ... you then have the decline in oil prices, which trips off not just further concern from real-life individuals but also more importantly from the machines which trade based on headlines.

2. Simone Honikman:

   There is still this pervasive concept that mental health considerations are a luxury.

3. Jaime Santos:

   I do not share the working group's conclusion that this( sexual misconduct) is not pervasive in the judiciary, i don't think the judiciary has any idea.

4. Sarah Super:

   I think this has brought this almost unavoidable conversation into public space, something we don't talk about as a community is the pervasive nature of sexual violence. Her( Hodges) speaking up forces our community to face that this happens and can happen to anybody.

5. The US Department of Agriculture:

   A central theme of the President Donald Trump administration has been to expand prosperity for all Americans, which includes helping people lift themselves out of pervasive poverty.

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