predominant as an adjective: - 1
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predominant
adjective
1 predominant
Most frequent or common.
synonyms: dominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife.
Roget 175:
influential,
effective;
important
etc.
642;
weighty;
prevailing
etc.
v.;
prevalent,
rife,
rampant,
dominant,
regnant,
predominant,
in the ascendant,
hegemonical†.
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2 predominant
Having superior power and influence:
— The predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism.
synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominate, preponderant, preponderating.
Roget 737:
at the head,
dominant,
paramount,
supreme,
predominant,
preponderant,
in the ascendant,
influential;
arbitrary;
compulsory
etc.
744;
stringent.
at one's command;
in one's power,
in one's grasp;
under control.
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