dominant
adjective
, ˈdäm-nənt\
Definition of dominant
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dominant
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Synonyms & Antonyms for dominant
Synonyms: Adjective
arch, big, capital, cardinal, central, chief, first, foremost, grand, great, greatest, highest, key, leading, main, master, number one (also No. 1), numero uno, overbearing, overmastering, overriding, paramount, predominant, preeminent, premier, primal, primary, principal, prior, sovereign (also sovran), supreme
Antonyms: Adjective
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Examples of dominant in a Sentence
Adjective
The company is now dominant in its market. It is the dominant culture in the region. the dominant female of the pack
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Though dominant in Denver, Live Nation entity Ticketmaster is far bigger nationally, ticketing 80 of the top 100 arenas in the country, according to The New York Times, and imposing comparable resale services and surcharges. — Dylan Owens, The Know, "Mission Ballroom’s hot tickets have fans feeling burned by quick sell-outs and high resale prices," 16 Aug. 2019 The once-dominant energy industry, meanwhile, continues to lag. — Polina Marinova, Fortune, "How WeWork Incentivized CEO Adam Neumann To Take the Company Public: Term Sheet," 15 Aug. 2019 My vision behind the story was basically creating these two dynamic characters that could switch off between dominant and submissive. — Christian Holub, EW.com, "Bella Thorne directed a film for Pornhub," 14 Aug. 2019 As National Geographic’s Karp reports, no new banana variety is equipped to replace the Cavendish similarly to how the now-dominant strain replaced the Gros Michel. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "A Banana-Destroying Fungus Has Arrived in the Americas," 13 Aug. 2019 Ohlsen managed to maintain his lead deep into Sunday before Fraser wrestled it back in the penultimate event of the week, sealing his title with one final dominant performance. — Will Edmonds, CNN, "Mat Fraser and Tia-Clair Toomey once again CrossFit's Fittest Athletes on Earth," 5 Aug. 2019 Duarte allowed no earned runs and struck out 12 batters in a dominant complete-game performance. — Phil Jensen, The Mercury News, "Livermore competes in Little League Intermediate World Series," 30 July 2019 After dominant performance from Griner helped lead the Mercury past the Washington Mystics Wednesday, 91-68, the team will look to put together its second three-game win streak this season with a victory against the Connecticut Sun on Friday. — Dana Scott, azcentral, "Phoenix Mercury's Brittney Griner named starter for WNBA All-Star Game," 11 July 2019 Early Sunday evening at Warren Golf Course, Stricker put the finishing touches on one of the most dominant wire-to-wire performances in recent tour history. — Mike Berardino, Indianapolis Star, "Steve Stricker and caddie/wife Nicki make U.S. Senior Open a family affair," 30 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Will Sabonis shed his reluctance to shoot when facing up, spread better than his predecessor Thad Young and not be so left-hand dominant? — J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, "Insider: Pacers will start both Myles Turner, Domantas Sabonis. Why? The East demands it," 18 July 2019 New chapters continue to be written at the storied track year after year -- lately with one dominant, main character. — Julius Long And Jill Martin, CNN, "Weekend sports lineup includes Serena Williams and the Big 3 aiming for more Wimbledon glory," 12 July 2019 Irving and Durant are both ball-dominant, scoring-focused players. — New York Times, "N.B.A. Superstars’ New Strategy: Tag-Team a Title," 12 July 2019 But in recent years the rise of the internet and the accession of central and eastern European states have made English dominant. — The Economist, "Brexit is the ideal moment to make English the EU’s common language," 15 June 2019 In a world that expects hierarchy and venerates individual genius, some musicians prefer to see their conductor not as a collaborator, but as a dominant, almost dictatorial leader. — Maya Chung, The New York Review of Books, "When Women Take the Baton," 26 Mar. 2019 The running game still hasn’t found a dominant back since Lynch left. — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, "Richard Sherman's release signals end of an era for Seattle Seahawks," 9 Mar. 2018 Knowing that, the non-dominant is always paying attention to those in power and what is going on around them. — Kellee Terrell, Harper's BAZAAR, "Jen McGowan's Feminist Horror Rust Creek Is Exactly What Hollywood Needs Right Now," 22 Jan. 2019 Its once-dominant Hepatitis C franchise, which turned Gilead into one of the most important drug companies in the world earlier this decade, is now in decline. — Charley Grant, WSJ, "Gilead Looks Outside to Revive Growth," 10 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dominant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.