List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 128

SYNONYMS: dominant, predominant, preponderant, paramount, preeminent.
These adjectives mean surpassing all others in power, influence, or position.

Dominant applies to what exercises principal control or authority or is unmistakably ascendant: The Soviet Union was the dominant nation of Eastern Europe.
Predominant is often nearly identical with dominant but more often implies being uppermost at a particular time or for the time being: Egrets, gulls and small mammals are the predominant wildlife on the island these days.
Preponderant implies superiority as the result of outweighing or outnumbering all others: No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power.
Paramount means first in importance, rank, or regard: My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union.
Preeminent especially suggests generally recognized supremacy: He is the preeminent tenor of the modern era.