'Predominant' definitions:
Definition of 'predominant'
From: WordNet
adjective
Most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife]
adjective
Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating]
Definition of 'Predominant'
From: GCIDE
- Predominant \Pre*dom"i*nant\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]dominant. See Predominante.] Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence. [1913 Webster]
- Those help . . . were predominant in the king's mind. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Foul subordination is predominant. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Prevalent; superior; prevailing; ascendant; ruling; reigning; controlling; overruling. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'predominant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all-absorbing,
- arch,
- ascendant,
- at the head,
- average,
- banner,
- besetting,
- boss,
- capital,
- cardinal,
- central,
- champion,
- chief,
- commanding,
- common,
- controlling,
- crowning,
- current,
- dominant,
- epidemic,
- first,
- focal,
- foremost,
- general,
- governing,
- great,
- head,
- headmost,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- highest,
- important,
- in ascendancy,
- in charge,
- in chief,
- in the ascendant,
- influential,
- leading,
- magisterial,
- main,
- major,
- master,
- normal,
- number one,
- on the throne,
- ordinary,
- outstanding,
- overbearing,
- overriding,
- overruling,
- pandemic,
- paramount,
- popular,
- predominate,
- predominating,
- preeminent,
- premier,
- prepollent,
- preponderant,
- preponderate,
- prepotent,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- principal,
- rampant,
- ranking,
- regnant,
- regulating,
- regulative,
- regulatory,
- reigning,
- rife,
- routine,
- ruling,
- running,
- sovereign,
- standard,
- star,
- stellar,
- stereotyped,
- supereminent,
- superior,
- supreme,
- swaying,
- telling,
- topflight,
- topmost,
- transcendant,
- uppermost,
- usual