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

Better known for reinvention than status quo, L.A. is, in fact, a chamber opera town of renown. —Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025

Republican legislators are out bemoaning the dire Indiana revenue forecasts and telling everyone to be prepared for minimal increases, even status quo, in state funding for the next two years (even citing the negative effects of President Donald Trump’s tariff wars). —Dr. Tony Lux, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025

Another challenger to the PBM status quo agrees about the importance. —Seth Joseph, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025

Even if the explicit intent was to model a case for the older, gentler cultural status quo, this is a distinctly weird time to do it. —Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025