Dictionary Definition
preponderant adj : having superior power and
influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"
[syn: overriding,
paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderating]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
preponderant- Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant importance.
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
arch,
ascendant, at the
head, banner, boss, capital, cardinal, central, champion, chief, commanding, controlling, crowning, dominant, first, focal, foremost, general, governing, great, head, headmost, hegemonic, hegemonistic, in
ascendancy, in charge, in chief, in the ascendant, leading, magisterial, main, master, on the throne, overbearing, overruling, paramount, predominant, predominate, preeminent, prepollent, preponderate, prepotent, prevailing, prevalent, primal, primary, prime, principal, ranking, regnant, regulating, regulative, regulatory, reigning, ruling, sovereign, star, stellar, supereminent, supreme, swaying, topflight