Synonyms of status quo

status quo

noun

-ˈkwō 

as in normality

the state or fact of being the way things usually are

civic leaders who are afraid to do anything that might change the town's status quo

Synonyms & Similar Words

• normality
• normalcy
• currency
• prevalence
• routine
• groove
• peace
• rut
• harmony
• conventionality
• orderliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abnormality
• irregularity
• unusualness
• disruption
• uncommonness
• disturbance
• disruptiveness
• disorderliness
• deviance
• anomalousness
• unconventionality
• extraordinariness
• exceptionalness
• remarkableness
• noteworthiness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of status quo

No changes in regulation are required to implement any of these small, but meaningful improvements on our broken status quo. —Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025

Failing to respect the law, by contrast, would preserve the alarming status quo under which China’s security services have the legal prerogative to access TikTok’s massive data set of information on 170 million Americans. —The Editors, National Review, 20 Jan. 2025

But a negative signal against the incumbent party, against a status quo that has left people behind, etc. is not an affirmative signal for everything the opposition is offering. —ABC News, 24 Jan. 2025

Being unimpressed might just be the new status quo for smartphones. —Callum Booth, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025