predominant

1. 1.

   most frequent or common

   “prevailing winds”

   Synonymsprevailingprevalentdominantrife

   Similarfrequent
2. 2.

   having superior power and influence

   “the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism”

   Synonymsoverridingparamountpredominatepreponderantpreponderating

   Similardominant

Questions about predominant

What does predominant mean?

predominant means "most frequent or common". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in predominant?

predominant has 4 syllables: pre-do-mi-nant. The stress falls on "do". In IPA it is /pɹɪˈdɑmənənt/.

What is another word for predominant?

Close synonyms include prevailing, prevalent, dominant, rife, overriding. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is predominant a common word?

predominant is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with predominant?

1 word rhymes with predominant. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.