Overview of verb dominate

The verb dominate has 5 senses

• predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail -- (be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood")


• dominate -- (be in control; "Her husband completely dominates her")


• dominate, master -- (have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems")


• overshadow, dominate, eclipse -- (be greater in significance than; "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness")


• dominate, command, overlook, overtop -- (look down on; "The villa dominates the town")

Overview of adj dominating

The adj dominating has 3 senses

• ascendant, ascendent, dominating -- (most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe")


• commanding, dominating, overlooking -- (used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom")


• autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory -- (offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner")