'Preponderance' definitions:
Definition of 'preponderance'
(from WordNet)
noun
Superiority in power or influence; "the preponderance of good over evil"; "the preponderance of wealth and power"
noun
A superiority in numbers or amount; "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant" [syn: preponderance, prevalence]
noun
Exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight; "the least preponderance in either pan will unbalance the scale"
Definition of 'Preponderance'
From: GCIDE
- Preponderance \Pre*pon"der*ance\, Preponderancy \Pre*pon"der*an*cy\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]pond['e]rance.]
- 1. The quality or state of being preponderant; superiority or excess of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing. [1913 Webster]
- The mind should . . . reject or receive proportionably to the preponderancy of the greater grounds of probability. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- In a few weeks he had changed the relative position of all the states in Europe, and had restored the equilibrium which the preponderance of one power had destroyed. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Gun.) The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind the trunnions over that in front of them. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'preponderance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplishment,
- advantage,
- ascendance,
- ascendancy,
- ascendant,
- authority,
- balance of power,
- bulk,
- charisma,
- charm,
- clout,
- consequence,
- control,
- credit,
- deanship,
- dominance,
- dominancy,
- domination,
- dominion,
- effect,
- eminence,
- eminent domain,
- enchantment,
- esteem,
- excellence,
- favor,
- force,
- good feeling,
- greatness,
- hegemony,
- hold,
- importance,
- incidental power,
- incomparability,
- influence,
- influentiality,
- inimitability,
- insinuation,
- lead,
- leadership,
- leverage,
- magnetism,
- majority,
- mass,
- masterdom,
- mastery,
- moment,
- more than half,
- most,
- one-upmanship,
- overlordship,
- personality,
- persuasion,
- plurality,
- potency,
- power,
- precedence,
- predominance,
- predominancy,
- predomination,
- preeminence,
- preponderancy,
- prepotence,
- prepotency,
- prerogative,
- pressure,
- prestige,
- primacy,
- principality,
- priority,
- privilege,
- purchase,
- reign,
- repute,
- right-of-way,
- rule,
- say,
- seniority,
- skill,
- sovereignty,
- strength,
- suasion,
- subtle influence,
- success,
- suggestion,
- superiority,
- supremacy,
- suzerainship,
- suzerainty,
- sway,
- the greatest number,
- transcendence,
- transcendency,
- upper hand,
- virtuosity,
- weight,
- weightiness,
- whip hand