preponderantly

1. 1.

   much greater in number or influence

   “the patients are predominantly indigenous”

   Synonymspredominantly

Questions about preponderantly

What does preponderantly mean?

preponderantly means "much greater in number or influence".

How many syllables are in preponderantly?

preponderantly has 5 syllables: pre-pon-de-rant-ly. The stress falls on "de".

What is another word for preponderantly?

Close synonyms include predominantly. 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 preponderantly a common word?

preponderantly 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.