dominant
adjective
[ ˈdɒmɪnənt ]
• having power and influence over others.
• "they are now in an even more dominant position in the market"
Similar:
presiding,
ruling,
governing,
controlling,
commanding,
ascendant,
supreme,
authoritative,
most influential,
most powerful,
superior,
prepotent,
prepollent,
assertive,
self-assured,
self-possessed,
forceful,
domineering,
bullish,
feisty,
not backward in coming forward,
pushy,
pushful,
dominant
noun
• a dominant trait or gene.
• "this disorder is inherited as a dominant"
• the fifth note of the diatonic scale of any key, or the key based on this, considered in relation to the key of the tonic.
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin dominant- ‘ruling, governing’, from the verb dominari (see dominate).
