Adjacent Words

Predominant definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREDOM'INANT, a. [L. proe and dominans, dominor, to rule.]
Prevalent over others; superior in strength, influence or authority; ascendant; ruling; controlling; as a predominant color; predominant beauty or excellence; a predominant passion.
Those helps--were predominant in the king's mind.
Foul subornation is predominant.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife]
2: having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Medieval Latin praedominant-, praedominans, present participle of praedominari to predominate, from Latin prae- + dominari to rule, govern — more at dominate Date: 1576 1. having superior strength, influence, or authority ; prevailing 2. being most frequent or common Synonyms: see dominant

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 predominating. 2 being the strongest or main element. Derivatives: predominance n. predominantly adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Predominant Pre*dom"i*nant, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]dominant. See Predominante.] Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence. Those help . . . were predominant in the king's mind. --Bacon. Foul subordination is predominant. --Shak. Syn: Prevalent; superior; prevailing; ascendant; ruling; reigning; controlling; overruling.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If something is predominant, it is more important or noticeable than anything else in a set of people or things. Amanda's predominant emotion was that of confusion. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Prevailing, prevalent, supreme, ascendant, overruling, dominant, sovereign, regnant.

Moby Thesaurus

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