Definitions

predominant

[pri-dom-uh-nuhnt] / prɪˈdɒm ə nənt /

ADJECTIVE

ruling; most important

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dominant dominating main potent prevailing prevalent weighty

WEAK

absolute all-powerful almighty arbitrary ascendant authoritative capital chief controlling directing effective efficacious governing holding the reins imperious influential leading mighty official omnipotent overbearing overpowering paramount predominate preponderant primary prime principal prominent reigning sovereign superior superlative supervisory supreme surpassing transcendent

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inferior minor secondary subordinate unimportant

WEAK

inconsequential trivial

Example Sentences

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Predominant dress colors are black, "poison" green, purple.

From Time Magazine Archive

Predominant types: the whorls, jackstraws and disembodied eyelashes of Russian Vasily Kandinsky; the massive, machinelike color patterns of French Fernand L�ger; the planetary balls and bubbles, interlocking triangles and color spots of German Rudolf Bauer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Predominant opinions are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing.

From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Predominant among them was the Imperial diamond, luminous, gigantic, awesome in its potentialities.

From The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective by Tracy, Louis

It is the philosophy of the "Predominant Partner."

From Principles of Freedom by MacSwiney, Terence J. (Terence Joseph)

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