| ADJECTIVE | all | dominating, ascendant, ascendent | most powerful or important or influential |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | dominating, commanding, overlooking | used of a height or viewpoint | |
| all | dominating, autocratic, bossy, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory | offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power |
| Sounds | daa'mahney.tihng | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Most powerful or important or influential. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" | |
| Synonyms | ascendant, ascendent | |
| Broader | dominant | Exercising influence or control |
| Spanish | ascendiente, dominante, prestigioso | |
| Catalan | ascendent | |
| Meaning | Used of a height or viewpoint. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside" | |
| Synonyms | commanding, overlooking | |
| Broader | high | (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like 'knee-high') |
| Spanish | dominante | |
| Meaning | offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a rather aggressive and dominating character" | |
| Synonyms | autocratic, bossy, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory | |
| Broader | domineering | tending to domineer |
| Spanish | autocrático, mandón, perentorio | |
| Catalan | autocràtic, manaire, peremptori | |
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