Synonyms for dominate
ˈdɒm əˌneɪtdom·i·nate

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1. predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevailverb

   be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

   "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

   Synonyms:
   eclipse, govern, reign, predominate, rein, endure, overshadow, hold, overtop, overlook, run, prevail, rule, obtain, hulk, harness, loom, find, tower, command, persist, triumph, decree, master, die hard

2. dominateverb

   be in control

   "Her husband completely dominates her"

   Synonyms:
   rule, predominate, eclipse, overlook, command, master, overshadow, overtop, prevail, reign

3. dominate, masterverb

   have dominance or the power to defeat over

   "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems"

   Synonyms:
   surmount, get the hang, reign, predominate, overcome, overshadow, subdue, overtop, overlook, prevail, eclipse, rule, command, get over, control, master

4. overshadow, dominate, eclipseverb

   be greater in significance than

   "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"

   Synonyms:
   shadow, rule, predominate, overtop, overshadow, dwarf, occult, master, overlook, prevail, command, eclipse, reign

5. dominate, command, overlook, overtopverb

   look down on

   "The villa dominates the town"

   Synonyms:
   neglect, eclipse, reign, predominate, leave out, overshadow, overtop, omit, overlook, look out on, overleap, prevail, rule, look out over, miss, require, drop, command, look across, pretermit, control, master

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1. • Control
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1. dominateverb

   Synonyms:
   prevail, predominate, have sway, be in the ascendant

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1. dominateverb

   Synonyms:
   predominate, sway, rule, govern, control, surmount, overtop

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1. List of paraphrases for "dominate":

   predominate, domina, dominated, prevail, overpower, master

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1. John Cornyn:

   What we need to do is elevate everybody's understanding of what China's strategic long-term goals are and they are to dominate the United States economically and militarily, they've got a very clear strategy for doing that and we need to wake up to that and make sure we're responding in kind.

2. Katherine Zimmerman:

   The challenge is one that may come in the future: should ISIS come to dominate the fight against the Houthis in Yemen, AQAP may be marginalized and placed in a position where it has to respond.

3. Anders Levermann:

   Under unabated climate change, the CO2 effect is by far the strongest effect and will dominate the change in monsoon over all natural and other human-made effects.

4. Anne Besant:

   Knowledge is essential to conquest; only according to our ignorance are we helpless. Thought creates character. Character can dominate conditions. Will creates circumstances and environment.

5. Judy Kuriansky:

   I would love to have him on the couch to explore how some of his early childhood behavior led to this need to [allegedly] dominate women and the difficulty with intimacy.