ADJECTIVE | all | dominating, ascendant, ascendent | most powerful or important or influential |
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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 | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | Most powerful or important or influential. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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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