DOMINANT
Dictionary entry overview: What does dominant mean?
• DOMINANT (noun)
The noun DOMINANT has 2 senses:
1. (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
2. an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
Familiarity information: DOMINANT used as a noun is rare.
• DOMINANT (adjective)
The adjective DOMINANT has 2 senses:
1. exercising influence or control
2. (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
Familiarity information: DOMINANT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DOMINANT (noun)
Meaning:
(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dominant" is a kind of...):
musical note; note; tone (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Meaning:
An allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
dominant allele; dominant
Hypernyms ("dominant" is a kind of...):
allele; allelomorph (either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character)
• DOMINANT (adjective)
Meaning:
Exercising influence or control
Context examples:
television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion / the dominant partner in the marriage
Similar:
superior ((sometimes followed by 'to') not subject to or influenced by)
sovereign; supreme (greatest in status or authority or power)
possessive (having or showing a desire to control or dominate)
overriding; paramount; predominant; predominate; preponderant; preponderating (having superior power and influence)
governing (responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws)
controlling (able to control or determine policy)
ascendant; ascendent; dominating (most powerful or important or influential)
Also:
superior (of or characteristic of high rank or importance)
Attribute:
position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)
Antonym:
subordinate (lower in rank or importance)
Meaning:
(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
Domain category:
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)
Antonym:
recessive ((of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical)
