dominant

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈdɑmənənt/ UK /ˈdɒmɪnənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #11581

Meanings

1

adj
Most powerful, important, or noticeable.

Television still plays a dominant role in shaping public opinion.
2

adj
Having control or authority over others.

The dominant party controlled every vote in parliament.
3

adj
Of a gene, producing its effect even when paired with a different version.

Brown eyes result from a dominant gene.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · most powerful, important,... prevalent prevailing predominant

2 adj · having control or authority... ruling commanding

More dominator

Opposites

defiant obedient rebellious submissive

Word family

Derived forms antidominantco-dominantcodominantdominance dominantlyequidominanteudominantheterodominanthyperdominantimmunodominantmonodominantnondominant

Appears in

Phrases (1)

See all

dominant gene
a gene variant whose effect can appear when only one copy is present

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle French dominant.

*dem- Proto-Indo-European dominant Middle French

View etymology graph ->

Topics

Describing Qualities Biology & Genetics Word Formation & Derivatives

External links

# dominant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɑmənənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdɒmɪnənt/
**Frequency rank:** 11581

## Meanings
1. Most powerful, important, or noticeable.
2. Having control or authority over others.
3. Of a gene, producing its effect even when paired with a different version.

## Examples
- Television still plays a dominant role in shaping public opinion.
- The dominant party controlled every vote in parliament.
- Brown eyes result from a dominant gene.

## Synonyms
- dominator

## Antonyms
- defiant
- obedient
- rebellious
- submissive

## Derived Forms
- antidominant
- co-dominant
- codominant
- dominance
- dominantly
- equidominant
- eudominant
- heterodominant
- hyperdominant
- immunodominant
- monodominant
- nondominant

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dem-
- Root: dominant

## Etymology
From Middle French dominant.

## AI Etymology
Dominant is from Middle French dominant. In present-day use, it can mean most powerful, important, or noticeable, or having control or authority over others. Derived formations include antidominant, co-dominant, codominant, dominance, dominantly.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Biology & Genetics
- Word Formation & Derivatives

markdown