Synonyms for dominant
ˈdɒm ə nəntdom·i·nant

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1. dominantadjective

   Synonyms:
   imposing

2. dominantadjective

   Synonyms:
   prevalent

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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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1. • Genetics
   • Music
   • Note

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1. dominantadjective

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

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1. dominantadjective

   Synonyms:
   predominant, prevailing, predominating, paramount

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1. List of paraphrases for "dominant":

   predominant, prevailing, overriding, mainstream, prevalent, leading, main, pervasive, prominent, preponderant, overarching, paramount, domineering

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1. Rochelle Walensky:

   Although we expected the Delta variant to become the dominant strain in the United States, this rapid rise is troubling.

2. Charles Krauthammer:

   Who is the dominant superpower here and who is the supplicant? The weakness of this response is simply astonishing.

3. Nadir Kahia:

   The elites in France are white, over 60 years old, an oligarchical class and those with North African or black origins have trouble getting in, this dominant minority won't give us the keys. These elites have trouble handing things over.

4. Shawn Robbins:

   I don't think anyone can confidently answer that yet until the pandemic has a less dominant presence in global news headlines and a diminished impact on everyday lives, until then, the overall consumer base will continue to be abnormally divided between those going back, those wanting to go back, and those who won't go back nearly as often as they used to.

5. Maurice Godelier:

   The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.