dominating

adjective

1. most powerful or important or influential (Freq. 1)

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the economically ascendant class

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D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe

• Syn: ↑ascendant, ↑ascendent

• Similar to: ↑dominant

• Derivationally related forms: ↑ascendency (for: ↑ascendent), ↑ascendence (for: ↑ascendent), ↑ascendant (for: ↑ascendant), ↑ascendancy (for: ↑ascendant), ↑ascendance (for: ↑ascendant)

2. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

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an autocratic person

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autocratic behavior

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a bossy way of ordering others around

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a rather aggressive and dominating character

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managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way

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a swaggering peremptory manner

• Syn: ↑autocratic, ↑bossy, ↑high-and-mighty, ↑magisterial, ↑peremptory

• Similar to: ↑domineering

• Derivationally related forms: ↑boss (for: ↑bossy)

3. used of a height or viewpoint

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a commanding view of the ocean

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looked up at the castle dominating the countryside

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the balcony overlooking the ballroom

• Syn: ↑commanding, ↑overlooking

• Similar to: ↑high

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adj

commanding, powerful, strong, superior, advantageous, dominant, controlling, directing, authoritative, assertive, confident

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adjective

1. : having an air of command

a great many women, brave in mannish clothes, dominating and active in manner — Louis Bromfield

2. : given to exercising an autocratic or otherwise unwarranted ascendancy over another

because the boy remains fixed in an outmoded dependency relationship with his dominating and overprotective mother and does not dare the rewards of a more dangerous manhood — Weston La Barre

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dominating adj [more \dominating; most \dominating]

He has had a dominating influence in her life.

a very dominating team

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Main Entry: ↑dominate