'Preponderant' definitions:
Definition of 'preponderant'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating]
Definition of 'Preponderant'
From: GCIDE
- Preponderant \Pre*pon"der*ant\, a. [L. praeponderans, -antis: cf. F. pr['e]pond['e]rant. See Preponderate.] Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant importance. -- {Pre*pon"der*ant*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'preponderant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arch,
- ascendant,
- at the head,
- banner,
- boss,
- capital,
- cardinal,
- central,
- champion,
- chief,
- commanding,
- controlling,
- crowning,
- dominant,
- first,
- focal,
- foremost,
- general,
- governing,
- great,
- head,
- headmost,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- in ascendancy,
- in charge,
- in chief,
- in the ascendant,
- leading,
- magisterial,
- main,
- master,
- on the throne,
- overbearing,
- overruling,
- paramount,
- predominant,
- predominate,
- preeminent,
- prepollent,
- preponderate,
- prepotent,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- principal,
- ranking,
- regnant,
- regulating,
- regulative,
- regulatory,
- reigning,
- ruling,
- sovereign,
- star,
- stellar,
- supereminent,
- supreme,
- swaying,
- topflight