Preponderant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Preponderant \Pre*pon"der*ant\, a. [L. praeponderans, -antis:
     cf. F. pr['e]pond['e]rant. See {Preponderate}.]
     Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally
     and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant
     importance. -- {Pre*pon"der*ant*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  preponderant
       adj : having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood
             among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: {overriding}, {paramount},
              {predominant}, {predominate}, {preponderating}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "preponderant":
     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