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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Predominant \Pre*dom"i*nant\, adjective [Cf. F. pr['e]dominant. See {Predominante}.] Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence.
Those help . . . were predominant in the king's mind. --Bacon.
Foul subordination is predominant. --Shak.
Syn: Prevalent; superior; prevailing; ascendant; ruling; reigning; controlling; overruling.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
predominant
adjective
1: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: {prevailing}]
2: having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: {overriding}, {paramount}, {predominate}, {preponderant}, {preponderating}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
93 Moby Thesaurus words for "predominant": all-absorbing, arch, ascendant, at the head, average, banner, besetting, boss, capital, cardinal, central, champion, chief, commanding, common, controlling, crowning, current, dominant, epidemic, first, focal, foremost, general, governing, great, head, headmost, hegemonic, hegemonistic, highest, important, in ascendancy, in charge, in chief, in the ascendant, influential, leading, magisterial, main, major, master, normal, number one, on the throne, ordinary, outstanding, overbearing, overriding, overruling, pandemic, paramount, popular, predominate, predominating, preeminent, premier, prepollent, preponderant, preponderate, prepotent, prevailing, prevalent, primal, primary, prime, principal, rampant, ranking, regnant, regulating, regulative, regulatory, reigning, rife, routine, ruling, running, sovereign, standard, star, stellar, stereotyped, supereminent, superior, supreme, swaying, telling, topflight, topmost, transcendant, uppermost, usual
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