Dominant Synonyms and Antonyms
dŏm'ə-nənt
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Synonyms for Dominant
Aggressive is defined as bold and assertive.
Arrogantly domineering or overbearing.
Arrogant in asserting or attempting to assert one's will over others; overbearing.
Acting or capable of acting as a master or leader, especially in being domineering or imperious:
Supremacy is domination or superiority or in control of all others.
Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
Standing high by comparison with others, as in rank or achievement; renowned; exalted; distinguished
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The definition of foremost is something most important, highest ranking or most relevant.
Having command; controlling.
Of or like a despot; autocratic; tyrannical
Having dominant or controlling power or influence:
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Highest in rank, power, or authority:
Effective or potent:
The definition of preeminent is someone who is distinguished in some way or who surpasses and exceeds the accomplishments of others.
Having superior force, importance, or influence:
submediant
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Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord.
The definition of demonstrative is someone who is prone to showing affection or emotion, or something that serves as a demonstration or as conclusive evidence and proof.
Characterized by the obsessive need to control the actions of others
Exhibiting or pertaining to domination.
Of greatest power; predominant
Currently ruling or holding a position.
That rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.
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Demonstrating authority; commanding:
Controlling all other parts of a mechanism:
The definition of primary is something that is the most important, among the most important, something that comes early in development or that is original and not derived from something else.
Originally, a magistrate without colleague in republican ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the senate (legislature), typically to conduct a war
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(Physiology) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
Sovereignty is authority to govern a state or a state that is self governing.
superordination
The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor.
To act aggressively towards.
To enjoy a commanding, controlling position in:
To gain by the use of force or coercion:
Abundant or numerous.
dominant allele
an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
subtonic
(Phonetics, dated) An imperfectly articulated sound or utterance, as characterized by Dr. James Rush (Guide to Pronunciation, 1833).
supertonic
(Music) The second tone of a diatonic scale, next above the tonic
Expressing a command or plea; peremptory:
Inclined to bold or confident assertion; aggressively self-assured.
In control; dominant; superior
Greatest in importance, degree, significance, character, or achievement.
Most important or significant; main; principal
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a master or teacher; authoritative:
Free from constraints of the material world
Power assigned to another; authorization:
Control or power over another or others.
The status of being preeminent, dominant or ascendant.
To make timid; fill with fear:
subdominant
Less than or only partly dominant
mediant
The third tone in a diatonic musical scale, determining the major or minor quality of the tonic chord.
Alternative spelling of ascendancy.
Antonyms for Dominant
Having or showing a tendency to submit without resistance; docile; yielding
Not assuming, pretentious, or forward; modest; retiring
That retires
Having or showing a consciousness of one's defects or shortcomings; not overly proud; not self-assertive; modest
meek. See syn. study at predominant.predominant
Inclined to use force
Low or lower in quality, value, or estimation:
(Gram.) Having the function of a noun, adjective, or adverb within a sentence
Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Compare primary.
Behaving, dressing, speaking, etc. in a way that is considered proper or decorous; decent
uncontrolling
superior, controlling
unaggressive
Not aggressive. Peaceable. Not violent
Words Related to Dominant
Having effect or power
The definition of principal is the first or highest in importance.
Persuasive, effective, and cogent:
The definition of important is having great significance or consequence.
Recessive is defined as a gene with characteristics which are not as strong as those on a dominant gene.
The action of inheriting something:
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