preponderance

1. 1.

   superiority in power or influence

   “the preponderance of good over evil”

   “the preponderance of wealth and power”

   Broaderpower
2. 2.

   a superiority in numbers or amount

   “a preponderance of evidence against the defendant”

   Synonymsprevalence

   Broadernumber
3. 3.

   exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight

   “the least preponderance in either pan will unbalance the scale”

   Broaderheaviness

Other forms of preponderance

plural

preponderances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about preponderance

What does preponderance mean?

preponderance means "superiority in power or influence". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in preponderance?

preponderance has 3 syllables: prepon-de-rance. The stress falls on "de". In IPA it is /pɹiˈpɑndɹəns/.

What is another word for preponderance?

Close synonyms include prevalence. 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 preponderance a common word?

preponderance 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.