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All dominate synonyms

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verb dominate

  • govern β€” to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
  • control β€” Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
  • run β€” execution
  • lead β€” to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
  • overshadow β€” to be more important or significant by comparison: For years he overshadowed his brother.
  • manage β€” to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
  • influence β€” the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
  • command β€” If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
  • dictate β€” If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
  • monopolize β€” to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
  • prevail β€” to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
  • head β€” Edith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.
  • handle β€” a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
  • preponderate β€” to exceed something else in weight; be the heavier.
  • outshine β€” to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
  • overrule β€” to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person): The senator was overruled by the committee chairman.
  • eclipse β€” Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
  • direct β€” to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
  • reign β€” the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
  • boss β€” Your boss is the person in charge of the organization or department where you work.
  • tyrannize β€” to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
  • domineer β€” Assert one's will over another in an arrogant way.
  • subjugate β€” to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
  • predominate β€” to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  • sway β€” to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
  • subject β€” that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
  • overbear β€” to bear over or down by weight or force: With his superior strength he easily overbore his opponent in the fight.
  • overlook β€” to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
  • survey β€” to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
  • overtop β€” to rise over or above the top of: a skyscraper that overtops all the other buildings.
  • bestride β€” To bestride something means to be the most powerful and important person or thing in it.
  • overlie β€” to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
  • call the shots β€” The person who calls the shots is in a position to tell others what to do.
  • lay down the law β€” the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
  • lead by the nose β€” the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
  • rule the roost β€” a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
  • run the show β€” to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • superabound β€” to abound beyond something else.
  • stand over β€” (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • rule β€” a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
  • take over β€” the act of taking.
  • monopolise β€” to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
  • tyrannise β€” to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
  • dwarf β€” a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
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