preponderant

1. 1.

   having superior power and influence

   “the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism”

   Synonymsoverridingparamountpredominantpredominatepreponderating

   Similardominant

Questions about preponderant

What does preponderant mean?

preponderant means "having superior power and influence".

How many syllables are in preponderant?

preponderant has 4 syllables: pre-pon-de-rant. The stress falls on "pon".

What is another word for preponderant?

Close synonyms include overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderating. 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 preponderant a common word?

preponderant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.