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Synonyms for dominant
ˈdɒm ə nəntdom·i·nant

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Wiktionary3.0 / 2 votes

  1. dominantadjective

    Synonyms:
    imposing

  2. dominantadjective

    Synonyms:
    prevalent

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. dominantnoun

    (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale

    Synonyms:
    dominant allele

    Antonyms:
    under(a), low-level, recessive, associate(a), assistant, infrequent, subordinate, adjunct, secondary

  2. dominant allele, dominantadjective

    an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different

    Synonyms:
    dominant allele

    Antonyms:
    associate(a), recessive, under(a), low-level, secondary, subordinate, assistant, infrequent, adjunct

  3. dominantadjective

    exercising influence or control

    "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"

    Synonyms:
    rife, prevalent, predominant, prevailing

    Antonyms:
    adjunct, associate(a), recessive, assistant, subordinate, infrequent, secondary, low-level, under(a)

  4. dominantadjective

    (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar

    Synonyms:
    rife, prevalent, predominant, prevailing

    Antonyms:
    under(a), infrequent, low-level, recessive, assistant, associate(a), adjunct, secondary, subordinate

  5. prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rifeadjective

    most frequent or common

    "prevailing winds"

    Synonyms:
    overabundant, rife, predominate, prevailing, predominant, plethoric, prevalent, preponderating, overriding, paramount, preponderant

    Antonyms:
    adjunct, recessive, low-level, subordinate, associate(a), infrequent, under(a), assistant, secondary

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dominantadjective

    Synonyms:
    prevailing, ruling, predominant, predominating, ascendant, in the ascendant

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dominantadjective

    Synonyms:
    predominant, prevailing, predominating, paramount

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How to use dominant in a sentence?

  1. Anthony Fauci:

    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.

  2. Anthony Fauci:

    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.

  3. Theodore Harold White:

    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.

  4. Michele Polo:

    The risk of TIM using its dominant position is there.

  5. Franco Salhi:

    In the fashion world, for the past ten to fifteen years, two-button suits have been pretty dominant.


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