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dominant

Letters that make dominant

a, o, d, n, m, t, i are letters that make 'dominant'

Words within dominant

AN, DO, do, mi, Min, nan, NT, MI, ant, Nan, in, mina, IN, In, Na, min are words within 'dominant'

dominant is an 8 letter word starting with d
dominant is an 8 letter word ending with t

5 possible definitions for 'dominant'

Dominant as "most frequent or common"

Under this definition, dominant is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

predominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife have the same meaning as 'dominant'

Derivatives of dominant

predominance, dominate, die hard, rule, persist, reign, endure, prevail, predomination, prevalence, predominate, run are derivatives of 'dominant'.

Similar to dominant

frequent is similar to dominant.

Dominant as "exercising influence or control"

Under this definition, dominant is an adjective and has the following properties:

Antonyms

subordinate, low-level have the opposite meaning of 'dominant'

Attributes of dominant

status, position are attributes of 'dominant'.

Derivatives of dominant

dominate, dominance, master, control, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency are derivatives of 'dominant'.

Similar to dominant

superior, ascendant, possessive, ascendent, dominating, controlling, governing, overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating, sovereign, supreme are similar to 'dominant'.

Example of dominant used within this context

"television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion", "the dominant partner in the marriage"

Dominant as "(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale"

Under this definition, dominant is a noun and has the following properties:

dominant as a type

'dominant' can be a type of tone, note, musical note.

dominant as a category

'dominant' can be a category of music.

Dominant as "an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different"

Under this definition, dominant is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

dominant allele has the same meaning as dominant

dominant as a type

'dominant' can be a type of allelomorph, allele.

Derivatives of dominant

dominant is a derivative of dominant.

Dominant as "(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar"

Under this definition, dominant is an adjective and has the following properties:

Antonyms

recessive has the opposite meaning of dominant

dominant as a category

'dominant' can be a category of genetics, genetic science.

Derivatives of dominant

dominant allele, dominance, dominant are derivatives of 'dominant'.