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Another word for dominant

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dominant

modif.

Having effect or power
ruling, prevailing, governing, predominant; see governing, predominant 1, principal.
Inclined to use force
commanding, imperious, imperative, authoritative, lordly, despotic, domineering, demonstrative, assertive, aggressive, bossy*; see also aggressive 1, autocratic 1, powerful 1.
Antonyms submissive, retiring, meek. See syn. study at predominant.predominant.

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Another word for dominant

adjective

Exercising controlling power or influence:
commanding, controlling, dominating, dominative, governing, paramount, preponderant, regnant, reigning, ruling. See over
Exercising authority:
authoritative, commanding, lordly, masterful. See over, strong
Having preeminent significance:
ascendant, predominant, prepotent, prevailing, regnant, ruling, supreme. See important

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The fold in the ears was caused by a heritable, dominant, mutated gene.
Jessi went to the porch and automatically reached over him with her dominant hand.
Though Angiosperms become dominant in all known plant-bearing Upper Cretaceous deposits, their origin dates even earlier.
SAHEL (Arabic for "shore"); a common place-name in countries where Arabic is the dominant language.
But, coming in by a title which professed to be founded on English law, establishing his followers by grants which professed no less to be founded on English law, he planted a dynasty, and established a dominant order, which could not fail to become English.

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