Synonyms for dominate
ˈdɒm əˌneɪtdom·i·nate

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1. predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevailverb

   be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

   "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

   Synonyms:
   eclipse, govern, reign, predominate, rein, endure, overshadow, hold, overtop, overlook, run, prevail, rule, obtain, hulk, harness, loom, find, tower, command, persist, triumph, decree, master, die hard

2. dominateverb

   be in control

   "Her husband completely dominates her"

   Synonyms:
   rule, predominate, eclipse, overlook, command, master, overshadow, overtop, prevail, reign

3. dominate, masterverb

   have dominance or the power to defeat over

   "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems"

   Synonyms:
   surmount, get the hang, reign, predominate, overcome, overshadow, subdue, overtop, overlook, prevail, eclipse, rule, command, get over, control, master

4. overshadow, dominate, eclipseverb

   be greater in significance than

   "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"

   Synonyms:
   shadow, rule, predominate, overtop, overshadow, dwarf, occult, master, overlook, prevail, command, eclipse, reign

5. dominate, command, overlook, overtopverb

   look down on

   "The villa dominates the town"

   Synonyms:
   neglect, eclipse, reign, predominate, leave out, overshadow, overtop, omit, overlook, look out on, overleap, prevail, rule, look out over, miss, require, drop, command, look across, pretermit, control, master

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1. dominateverb

   Synonyms:
   prevail, predominate, have sway, be in the ascendant

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1. dominateverb

   Synonyms:
   predominate, sway, rule, govern, control, surmount, overtop

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1. List of paraphrases for "dominate":

   predominate, domina, dominated, prevail, overpower, master

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1. Saint Augustine:

   Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men.

2. Michael Parenti:

   The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments of the dominate political mythology.

3. Andrew Schneider:

   Men are confused. They're conflicted. They want a woman who's their intellectual equal, but they're afraid of women like that. They want a woman they can dominate, but then they hate her for being weak. It's an ambivalence that goes back to a man's relationship with his mother. Source of his life, center of his universe, object of both his fear and his love.

4. Anne Besant:

   Knowledge is essential to conquest only according to our ignorance are we helpless. Thought creates character. Character can dominate conditions. Will creates circumstances and environment.

5. Judy Kuriansky:

   I would love to have him on the couch to explore how some of his early childhood behavior led to this need to [allegedly] dominate women and the difficulty with intimacy.