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preponderancy
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preponderancy
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| 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: | domination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | control; subjection |
| Synonyms: | ascendancy, authority, command, despotism, dictatorship, dominance, dominion, influence, jurisdiction, might, oppression, power, preponderancy, prepotence, prepotency, repression, rule, sovereignty, strings, subordination, superiority, suppression, supremacy, sway, tyranny |
| Antonyms: | following, submission, surrender, yielding |
| 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: | ascendance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dominance |
| Synonyms: | ascendancy, control, domination, mastery, power, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, preponderancy, rule, superiority, supremacy, upper hand |
| Main Entry: | paramountcy |
| 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: | 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | significancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance |
| 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, significance, signification, standing, stress, substance, tenor, usefulness, value, weight, weightiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | importance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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all, cardinal, chief, commanding, considerable, critical, earnest, ecbatic, egregious, emphatic, essential, eventful, first, grand, grave, important, imposing, impressive, in the front rank, instant, leading, main, marked, material, memorable, momentous, monsterful, never to be forgotten, noble, not to be despised, not to be overlooked, not to be sneezed at, notable, of importance, of note, of vital importance, overruling, paramount, pregnant, pressing, primary, prime, principal, prominent, radical, rare, remarkable, salient, serious, signal, significant, solemn, stirring, substantive, superior, telling, trenchant, urgent, vital, weighty, worthy of notice, worthy of remark
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