Defenition of the word dominant
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Defenition of the word dominant
- Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.
- exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"
- of genes; producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
- (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
- an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
- exercising influence or control
- (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
- most frequent or common
Similar words in the dominant
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- ascendant
- ascendent
- controlling
- dominating
- governing
- in charge
- overriding
- paramount
- possessive
- predominant
- predominate
- preponderant
- preponderating
- sovereign
- superior
- supreme
Hypernyms for the word dominant
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- allele
- allelomorph
- musical note
- note
- tone
Antonyms for the word dominant
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- low-level
- recessive
- subordinate
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