Predominant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having greatest ascendancy, importance, influence, authority, or force. See Synonyms at dominant.
  • adj. Most common or conspicuous; main or prevalent: the predominant color in a design.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. common or widespread; prevalent
  • adj. significant or important; dominant
  • n. A subdominant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Predominating; ruling; controlling: exerting power, authority, or influence; superior; ascendant.
  • In heraldry, occupying the whole field, to the exclusion of all bearings, as any tincture: thus, or predominant signifies a shield entirely gold, with no bearings of any description. [Rare.]
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. most frequent or common
  • adj. having superior power and influence
  • Equivalent
    frequent    dominant   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ascendant    controlling    superior    overruling    reigning    prevalent    ruling    prevailing   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    dominant    prominent   
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