Dominant
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English
Noun
Dominant (plural Dominants)- (music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
- (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
Adjective
Dominant (comparative more Dominant, superlative most Dominant)
- Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.
Adverbs for Dominant
disturbingly; arrogantly; prominently; interestingly; strangely; substantially; emphatically; markedly; primarily; remarkably; vitally; virtually; dangerously; luckily; alarmingly; fortunately; unluckily; strongly; invincibly; inescapably; supremely; disagreeably; unpleasantly; officiously; selfishly; ruthlessly; inconsiderately; politically; unfortunately; insistently; manifestly; obviously; terribly; loftily; sternly; extraordinarily.
Synonyms for Dominant
imposing, controlling, predominant, commanding, ruling, prevailing, imperious, aggressive, governing, imperative, lordly, despotic, authoritative, overbearing, domineering.
Antonyms for Dominant
humble, obscure, subordinate, unassuming, backward, retiring, bashful, modest, reserved, non-aggressive, reluctant.
Thesaurus
absolute, accidental, all-absorbing, arch, ascendant, assertive, at the head, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, average, banner, besetting, boss, breve, capital, cardinal, central, champion, chief, clothed with authority, cock, commanding, common, competent, conquering, consequential, considerable, controlling, crotchet, crowning, current, defeating, demisemiquaver, dominant note, double whole note, duly constituted, eighth note, eminent, empowered, enharmonic, enharmonic note, epidemic, ex officio, first, flat, flushed with success, focal, foremost, general, governing, great, half note, head, headmost, hegemonic, hegemonistic, hemidemisemiquaver, highest, imperative, important, in ascendancy, in charge, in chief, in the ascendant, influential, key, key signature, keynote, leading, magisterial, main, major, major key, master, mediant, mighty, minim, minor, momentous, monocratic, musical note, natural, normal, note, number, official, on the throne, ordinary, outstanding, overbearing, overcoming, overriding, overruling, pandemic, paramount, patent note, pedal point, popular, potent, powerful, predominant, predominate, predominating, preeminent, premier, prepollent, preponderant, preponderate, prepotent, prestigious, prevailing, prevalent, primal, primary, prime, principal, prominent, puissant, quarter note, quaver, rampant, ranking, regnant, regulating, regulative, regulatory, reigning, report, responding note, rife, routine, ruling, running, semibreve, semiquaver, senior, shaped note, sharp, sixteenth note, sixty-fourth note, sovereign, spiccato, staccato, standard, star, stellar, stereotyped, subdominant, submediant, substantial, subtonic, successful, supereminent, superior, supertonic, supreme, surpassing, sustained note, swaying, tercet, thirty-second note, tonality, tone, tonic, tonic key, topflight, topmost, totalitarian, transcendent, triplet, triumphal, triumphant, uppermost, usual, vanquishing, victorious, weighty, whole note, winning
Etymology
From Middle French dominant.
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Dutch
Adjective
Dominant (comparative Dominanter, superlative Dominantst)
French
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Verb form
dominant
- Present participle of dominer.
Adjective
Dominant m. (f. Dominante, m. plural Dominants, f. plural Dominantes)
