What are some alternative words for dominant?
Synonyms for dominant
ˈdɒm ə nənt
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Princeton's WordNet
dominant(noun)
(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
Synonyms:
dominant alleleAntonyms:
under(a), low-level, recessive, associate(a), assistant, infrequent, subordinate, adjunct, secondarydominant allele, dominant(adj)
an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
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dominant alleleAntonyms:
associate(a), recessive, under(a), low-level, secondary, subordinate, assistant, infrequent, adjunctdominant(adj)
exercising influence or control
"television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"
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rife, prevalent, predominant, prevailingAntonyms:
adjunct, associate(a), recessive, assistant, subordinate, infrequent, secondary, low-level, under(a)dominant(adj)
(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
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rife, prevalent, predominant, prevailingAntonyms:
under(a), infrequent, low-level, recessive, assistant, associate(a), adjunct, secondary, subordinateprevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife(adj)
most frequent or common
"prevailing winds"
Synonyms:
overabundant, rife, predominate, prevailing, predominant, plethoric, prevalent, preponderating, overriding, paramount, preponderantAntonyms:
adjunct, recessive, low-level, subordinate, associate(a), infrequent, under(a), assistant, secondary
Dictionary of English Synonymes
dominant(a.)
Synonyms:
prevailing, ruling, predominant, predominating, ascendant, in the ascendant
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
dominant(a)
Synonyms:
predominant, prevailing, predominating, paramount
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "dominant":
predominant, prevailing, overriding, mainstream, prevalent, leading, main, pervasive, prominent, preponderant, overarching, paramount, domineering
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#373 | main | |
#1465 | leading | |
#7495 | mainstream | |
#7834 | dominant | |
#8513 | prominent | |
#11669 | paramount | |
#14484 | prevailing | |
#15704 | imposing | |
#17672 | prevalent | |
#19080 | pervasive | |
#23124 | predominant | |
#26134 | overriding | |
#33009 | rife | |
#34667 | overarching | |
#56587 | predominate | |
#90152 | domineering | |
#192580 | preponderant | |
#291090 | overabundant |
How to use dominant in a sentence?
The oils were a little bit better, so we got a bounce there, the on-again, off-again Greek events are the dominant factor.
It's a very complicated issue, does the sun have a role in our variable climate? Yes. Is the dominant role? No. Even the concept of the sun being responsible for Europe's mini ice age -- it's not hard-and-fast true.
Whatever news comes out of it (the conference) might matter to some short-term traders but won’t affect our view on the stock, we’re going to hold this stock for at least another three years, because it has such a dominant position in the phone market.
A chicken benefits not from her eggs, the honeybees cannot enjoy their honey; similarly, a writer earns nothing from its writing, and visionary one receives not profit from its vision. However, the dominant figures stay to contribute a little support for the continuation of such a selfish and monopolized system.
To remain a dominant player we in the UK must do what London's markets have always done: evolve.
Translations for dominant
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- مهيمنArabic
- доминанта, преобладаващ, господстващBulgarian
- převládající, dominantní, dominantaCzech
- dominantGerman
- κυρίαρχοGreek
- dominanteSpanish
- غالبPersian
- vallitseva, hallitsevaFinnish
- dominantFrench
- דומיננטיHebrew
- प्रमुखHindi
- dominanteItalian
- דומיננטיHebrew
- 支配的Japanese
- dominatur,Latin
- dominanMalay
- dominerendeNorwegian
- dominującyPolish
- dominantePortuguese
- preponderent, dominant, predominant, dominantăRomanian
- домини́рующий, госпо́дствующий, преоблада́ющийRussian
- dominerande, dominantSwedish
- மேலாதிக்கTamil
- 优势Chinese
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