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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREPOND'ERANT, a. Outweighing.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century 1. having superior weight, force, or influence 2. having greater prevalence Synonyms: see dominant • preponderantly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. surpassing in influence, power, number, or importance; predominant, preponderating. Derivatives: preponderance n. preponderantly adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Preponderant Pre*pon"der*ant, a. [L. praeponderans, -antis: cf. F. pr['e]pond['e]rant. See Preponderate.] Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant importance. -- Pre*pon"der*ant*ly, adv.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Outweighing, overbalancing, preponderating.

Moby Thesaurus

arch, ascendant, at the head, banner, boss, capital, cardinal, central, champion, chief, commanding, controlling, crowning, dominant, first, focal, foremost, general, governing, great, head, headmost, hegemonic, hegemonistic, in ascendancy, in charge, in chief, in the ascendant, leading, magisterial, main, master, on the throne, overbearing, overruling, paramount, predominant, predominate, preeminent, prepollent, preponderate, prepotent, prevailing, prevalent, primal, primary, prime, principal, ranking, regnant, regulating, regulative, regulatory, reigning, ruling, sovereign, star, stellar, supereminent, supreme, swaying, topflight