dominant
adjective
1. exercising influence or control
- television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion
- the dominant partner in the marriage
Similar word(s): ascendant, ascendent, dominating, controlling, governing, overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating, possessive, sovereign, supreme, superior, superior
2. (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
3. most frequent or common
Similar word(s): frequent, predominant, prevailing, prevalent
Sentences with dominant as an adjective:
- The dominant party controlled the government.
- The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.
noun
1. (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
Definition categories: communication, note, tone
2. an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
Definition categories: body, allele, allelomorph