domination | Definition of domination

Synonyms and Antonyms of domination

1 controlling power or influence over others

auction houses battling for domination in the high-end art market

Synonyms of domination

ascendance (also ascendence), ascendancy (also ascendency), dominance, dominion, hegemony, imperium, predominance, predominancy, preeminence, reign, sovereignty (also sovranty), supremacy

Words Related to domination

primacy, superiority

lordship, scepter

arm, authority, choke hold, clutch, command, control, grip, hold, mastery, sway

direction, jurisdiction, management

clout, might, pull, weight

eminence, importance, moment

prerogative, privilege, right

Near Antonyms of domination

helplessness, weakness

impotence, impotency, powerlessness

2 the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control

the Spanish domination of the Americas in the 16th century

Synonyms of domination

conquest, dominating, overpowering, subduing, subjecting, subjection, subjugating, subjugation, vanquishing

Words Related to domination

triumph, victory, win, winning

beating, defeat, drubbing, licking, shellacking, trimming, trouncing, whipping

Near Antonyms of domination

emancipation, enfranchisement, freeing, liberation, manumission, release