dominate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
Money reigns supreme here
Types & categories
- override hyponym
- overarch hyponym
- overbalance hyponym
Related & opposite
- preponderance derivation
- predomination derivation
- reign derivation
- rife derivation
Sense 2 verb
be in control
Her husband completely dominates her
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- domination derivation
- ascendance derivation
- supremacy derivation
- dominion derivation
- dominant derivation
Sense 3 verb
have dominance or the power to defeat over
Her pain completely mastered her
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
be greater in significance than
the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness
Types & categories
- bulk large hypernym
Sense 5 verb
look down on
The villa dominates the town
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- overlook derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | preponderance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | predomination |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reign |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rife |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | override |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | overarch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | overbalance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | domination |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascendance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | supremacy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dominion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dominant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | influence |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overbear |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | possess |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mastery |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | potency |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | overlord |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | supremacy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dominant |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | control |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | command |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | subjugate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | bulk large |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | overlook |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | lie |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | dwarf |