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paramountcy
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paramountcy
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dominance |
| Synonyms: | ascendance, ascendancy, authority, command, control, domination, dominion, government, influence, power, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, preponderancy, prepotence, prepotency, rule, sovereignty, supremacy, sway, upper hand, whip hand |
| Main Entry: | importance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, weight |
| Synonyms: | accent, attention, bearing, caliber, concern, concernment, consequence, denotation, distinction, drift*, effect, emphasis, force, gist*, gravity, import, influence, interest, materiality, moment, momentousness, notability, paramountcy, point, precedence, preponderance, preponderancy, priority, purport, relevance, sense, seriousness, signification, standing, stress, substance, tenor, usefulness, value, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | power |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | control, dominance |
| Synonyms: | ascendancy, authority, authorization, birthright, clout, command, connection, diadem, direction, domination, dominion, hegemony, imperium, influence, inside track, jurisdiction, law, leadership, license, management, might, moxie*, omnipotence, paramountcy, predominance, prerogative, prestige, privilege, regency, right, rule, say-so, sovereignty, steam, strength, strings, superiority, supremacy, sway, warrant, weight*, wire |
| Antonyms: | inefficiency, subservience, surrender, weakness, yielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standing in a system, often a social one |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, authority, birth, blood, cachet, capacity, caste, circumstance, class, classification, condition, consequence, degree, dignity, distinction, division, echelon, estate, esteem, family, footing, grade, hierarchy, level, nobility, note, order, paramountcy, parentage, pecking order, pedigree, place, position, primacy, privilege, quality, reputation, seniority, situation, slot, sort, sovereignty, sphere, state, station, stature, status, stock, stratum, supremacy, type |
| Main Entry: | supremacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total domination |
| Synonyms: | absolute rule, ascendancy, authority, command, control, dominance, dominion, driver's seat, paramountcy, power, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, primacy, principality, sovereignty, superiority, supreme authority, sway, transcendence |
| Antonyms: | subservience |
| Main Entry: | ascendency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domination |
| Synonyms: | dominion, elevation, glory, leadership, mastery, paramountcy, precedence, prevalence, sovereignty, success, supremacy, sway |
| Antonyms: | subordination |
| Main Entry: | preeminence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dominance |
| Synonyms: | ascendance, ascendancy, authority, command, control, domination, dominion, government, influence, paramountcy, power, predominance, preponderance, preponderancy, prepotence, prepotency, rule, sovereignty, supremacy, sway, upper hand, whip hand |
| Main Entry: | preponderancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dominance |
| Synonyms: | ascendance, ascendancy, authority, command, control, domination, dominion, government, influence, paramountcy, power, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, rule, sovereignty, supremacy, sway, upper hand, whip hand |
| Main Entry: | prepotency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dominance |
| Synonyms: | ascendance, ascendancy, authority, command, control, domination, dominion, government, influence, paramountcy, power, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, preponderancy, prepotence, rule, sovereignty, supremacy, sway, upper hand, whip hand |
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