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Synonyms for dominant
ˈdɒm ə nəntdom·i·nant
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Princeton's WordNet
dominantnoun
(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
Synonyms:
dominant alleleAntonyms:
under(a), low-level, recessive, associate(a), assistant, infrequent, subordinate, adjunct, secondarydominant allele, dominantadjective
an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
Synonyms:
dominant alleleAntonyms:
associate(a), recessive, under(a), low-level, secondary, subordinate, assistant, infrequent, adjunctdominantadjective
exercising influence or control
"television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"
Synonyms:
rife, prevalent, predominant, prevailingAntonyms:
adjunct, associate(a), recessive, assistant, subordinate, infrequent, secondary, low-level, under(a)dominantadjective
(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, rifeadjective
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
dominantadjective
Synonyms:
prevailing, ruling, predominant, predominating, ascendant, in the ascendant
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
dominantadjective
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
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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?
We don't want to let happen in the United States what is happening currently in the UK, where Surgeon General Vivek Murthy have a troublesome variant essentially taking over as the dominant variant, which has made it a very difficult situation in the UK.
I'm concerned as this variant becomes more dominant, those select areas of the country that have a very low level of vaccination, like 30 % or so, you're going to start seeing mini-surges that are localized to certain regions, you don't want to see two separate Americas, one that's vaccinated and protected and yet another that's unvaccinated and very much at risk.
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
The risk of TIM using its dominant position is there.
In the fashion world, for the past ten to fifteen years, two-button suits have been pretty dominant.
Translations for dominant
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- مهيمنArabic
- преобладаващ, господстващ, доминантаBulgarian
- dominanta, převládající, dominantníCzech
- dominantGerman
- κυρίαρχοGreek
- dominanteSpanish
- غالبPersian
- vallitseva, hallitsevaFinnish
- dominantFrench
- דומיננטיHebrew
- प्रमुखHindi
- dominanteItalian
- דומיננטיHebrew
- 支配的Japanese
- dominatur,Latin
- dominanMalay
- dominerendeNorwegian
- dominującyPolish
- dominantePortuguese
- predominant, dominantă, dominant, preponderentRomanian
- преоблада́ющий, госпо́дствующий, домини́рующийRussian
- dominant, dominerandeSwedish
- மேலாதிக்கTamil
- เด่นThai
- trộiVietnamese
- 优势Chinese
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