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- pronunciation:
- dam
nnt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
most in control; ruling; leading.
The British navy was the dominant naval force in the nineteenth century.The party of the Social Democrats has long been the dominant party in that country's parliament.Our team has been dominant over the others in the league for years.- antonyms:
- subordinate, subservient
- similar words:
- commanding, master
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| definition 2: |
highly visible or commanding.
Red is the dominant color in the room's color scheme.- antonyms:
- subtle
- similar words:
- commanding
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| definition 3: |
primary; main.
The proposed budget cut was the dominant topic of discussion at the meeting.Fear for her health was the dominant reason for her decision to quit smoking.- antonyms:
- secondary
- similar words:
- capital, leading, master, primary, prime
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| definition 4: |
in genetics, of a gene or trait that masks the influence of a recessive when the two appear together. (Cf. recessive.)
The gene for dark hair is dominant over the gene for light hair.- antonyms:
- recessive
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| related words: |
almighty, last, major, predominant, principal, sovereign |
adverb + (adj.)dominant
culturally, currently, economically, historically, increasingly, politically, socially
(adj.)dominant
+ noun
anchor,
assumption,
buck,
carrier,
characteristic,
chord,
class,
conception,
culture,
discourse,
element,
elite,
faction,
factor,
feature,
female,
figure,
firm,
force,
form,
framework,
gender,
gene,
group,
identity,
ideology,
influence,
interpretation,
language,
male,
media,
medium,
metaphor,
mode,
model,
motif,
narrative,
norm,
orientation,
paradigm,
party,
pattern,
personality,
perspective,
pitcher,
player,
position,
power,
presence,
producer,
provider,
religion,
representation,
role,
sector,
share,
society,
species,
stereotype,
supplier,
symbol,
tendency,
theme,
tradition,
trait,
trend,
tribe,
vegetation,
view
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| derivation: |
dominantly (adv.) |
The word dominant
contains the following parts:
dom1, domin
Latin
root
that means master
  Example words:
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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