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pervasive

/pɚˈveɪ.sɪv/adjective3 syllables

Pervasive means: spreading or spread throughout.

Synonyms for pervasive6

adjective, as in spreading or spread throughout

permeant, permeating, permeative, distributive

also used for pervasive

penetrating, pervading

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What does pervasive mean?1

adjective

1

spreading or spread throughout“armed with permeative irony … he punctures affectations”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with pervasive?3

three syllables

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Pervasive in a sentence

  • Cares and worries were pervasive in her mind.AlanF_US
  • There was a pervasive nasty undertone in their writings.AlanF_US
  • In Australia, discrimination against aboriginal people is pervasive in the health system.Amastan
  • Pervasive and pernicious deviations from both fact and logical validity lurked behind a meretricious plausibility.halfb1t
  • That kind of thinking is pervasive.CK
  • Miroslav's cursing is so pervasive that it has become an integral part of his everyday speech.Amastan

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